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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Merry Christmas!
My male friends can go back to alphabetizing their Beatles collection. My middle-aged women pals will recognize this as a bottle angel—what we were making while they were building forts and playing that ugly Danelectro guitar in the family room. She was made in 1968 or thereabouts, which is why she is wearing a chic …