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I've been writing/managing a blog for a celebrity dog who is more famous than I'll ever be. Currently, Gidget is in the new "Sex and the City" movie. Go to www.gidgetgormley.com to read al...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:59:00 GMT |
The Popes Hat |
I was just looking up the Pontiff coat of arms for a map I'm working on and I noticed that the shield was topped with the Papal "tiara" or crown. This crown looks ...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:21:00 GMT |
Transcendant Objects |
I am always painting what is before me, giving each shape equal value and the symbolism emerges in spite of itself. So for example, I happen to be on the beach, my son is playing in the sa...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:16:00 GMT |
Bene Notata... |
I don't get what people see in art. I mean people who don't make art because art only makes sense to me because I make it. If I didn't, it would be incomprehensible! OLDER ARTISTS TA...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:00:00 GMT |
What is "throughness"? |
Painting can be really hard...but also not... I was working in this negative space in the crook of an arm and I wanted to create the sensation of "through". What conveys that "passage ...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:05:00 GMT |
Trying to finish....really I am! |
I know, I know, I'm stilll working on this thing! The painting was commissioned for this family over a year ago and I can't seem to just let it dry and ship it off...but I'm close now! Yesterday...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 08:59:00 GMT |
Breakthrough time! |
So I've been treading water all summer waiting for the feeling that I can say something is finished. Up until today, it seemed that all that was going to be finished was my summer. But I w...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:08:00 GMT |
Pretty Darn Close... |
...to being done! I'll get it framed and then when it comes back, I can do a bit more touching up.There are still some distortions that I will address once the frame is on because the wood will impact...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:14:00 GMT |
I'll keep this short... |
...but its going to be some fast slashing tomorrow as I re-assert all the "junction points" in the painting. "Junction points" is my terminalogy for the crossroads of shapes, usually making a ki...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:09:00 GMT |
I hate going into the studio... |
...when I haven't been in there for a few days (or in my case, a week). I get all anxious and do everything but- I'll even go so far as to clean my house-so you can imagine the state I've been i...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:13:00 GMT |
