Category: Still Life

1000 Dollars My next lamp painting was another milestone in my development as a painter. I used a different lamp, set it on a small old end table, and placed a penguin stuffed animal underneath. I again wanted to explore light, and how to paint light along with its many associations. This was painted in one…

Preface: A painting should speak for itself. As a visual medium, it can convey aesthetics and meaning in ways that land differently for every viewer — and that’s precisely its power. If you could fully capture a painting in words, why paint at all? With that in mind, what follows are notes on two paintings.…