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Do you want a little paint with that wine?

Carol L. DouglasMay 28, 20132 min read
Sue at the end of a wonderful evening painting at Durand Eastman. Nobody else painted a watercolor like that, I assure you. The first time I heard of a Paint Night Event was when a student came back from a business trip to tell me he’d participated in one. Since I like wine and painting, …
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Amazing what you find if you clean your room.

Carol L. DouglasMay 27, 20133 min read
From The Blue Beetle Faces the Destroyer of Heroes, Blue Beetle, Vol. 1, No. 5, November 1968, Charlton Comics Group, Derby Connecticut.  It’s Memorial Day. I’m not up to anything particularly deep about the meaning or execution of art. Instead, I’m giving you Steve Ditko being deep about the meaning of art and heroism: selected panels from …
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Drawing or painting?

Carol L. DouglasMay 26, 20132 min read
Ancient Catalpa Tree, 6X8, oil on canvas, by little ol’ me. It was a week of very unsettled weather, when even NOAA didn’t have a firm grasp on what would happen next. (Among other things, the daytime temperature dropped forty degrees.) After cancelling plans twice due to threatening rain only to watch the sky clear …
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In the end, it all comes down to footwear.

Carol L. DouglasMay 24, 20134 min read
Practical for plein air painting as long as there aren’t deer ticks. CT asks: I paint with water-soluble oils. I don’t know if this goes for regular oil paints, too, but I’m struck by the various textures and viscosities of different colors—from a cadmium yellow so thick it’s hard to get it out of the …
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There’s a bathroom on the right…

Carol L. DouglasMay 23, 20135 min read
“Joep Nicolas worked on these windows during the last twelve years of his life. Although he was a mature painter and a master glazier, it was evident his work evolved during the tenure of the project. This window is the greatest, in my opinion. It is a presentation of what was transpiring in the heavenlies …