Unicorn with double rainbow (for my kids)
“Unicorn reindeer visiting my front garden with a double rainbow in the background” 8X6, oil on board. Today for my one-hour still life I returned to an old idea, painting an internet meme. I could find only half the props needed for “baby monkey riding on a pig,” so I fell back on that old …
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Pretty in Purple
A student left some carbazole violet behind; I did two small sketches in the holiday spirit. “Mary’s shoes,*” 6X8 oil on board “Happy New Year,” 6X8 oil on board *To answer your questions: Mootsie Tootsies; silk; for a prom; yes, they were on sale at Kohls; they came in black too; no, you can’t borrow …
A Still Life
Two peppers snagged from pizza-making, oil on canvas, 8X6 For several years I asked myself when would be a good time to take a sabbatical from career development, to focus only on painting. Economic malaise presents the perfect opportunity, so I took 2010 as a year to pursue intentional isolation. My plan was simple: no …
Five plein air sketches by a student and friend
Students do wonderful things. Here are five landscape paintings recently entered by Marilyn Feinberg in the GVPAP show at Barnes & Noble—all five were accepted. Expressway entrance at South Winton Road, about 12.5X10, oil. (These are not titles, but descriptions, since I don’t know the titles.) My backyard when the roses were in bloom, about …
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