Paintings

Over the years I've alternated between working in acrylics and working in oils. Both have their charms. For more on my thoughts about the differences,see this blog post.

After working in acrylics on paper for close to ten years, I've started working in oils again, just for a change of pace. It's been a trip.

After a bit of a break I'm back in the studio working again. These are recent works, mostly smaller.

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This is a cross-section of larger work done before I went to work full-time as a web technology specialist. After a while storage became an issue so I mostly work smaller now.

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This is a cross-section of smaller work done before I went to work full-time as a web technology specialist. See also works on paper.

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While works on paper are a lot easier to store (after a while storage becomes a really big deal) one eventually has to confront the issue of framing works on paper. Expensive.

Whether working in acrylics or oils, I tend to use the same color palette: dull for the most part, with occasional accents of bright color. Don't ask me why -- I guess I'm just a dull person.

Here's a list of painting supplies I used to recommend to students when I taught painting. It will give you an idea of my overall color range. When working in oils I usually use a little alkyd resin painting medium so things dry a little faster. I'm also hell on brushes.