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Adoration of the Magi modello on the wall
I’m happy to have this back in the house and hung on the wall. Paper modello, sculpture, pop-up whatever after Bassano’s late-Renaissance Adoration of the Magi (1563).
Pencil sketch of Nelson Atkins CEO Julián Zugazagoitia
Mr. Zugazagoitia gave a very enjoyable talk at Hallmark today.
Watercolor sketch of artist Ken Sheldon
A watercolor portrait of artist Ken Sheldon. I particularly noticed the cast pink shadow behind his ear, translucent from the strong light.
Watercolor sketch of Monkey Face at Smith’s Rock, Oregon
A watercolor sketch of the beautiful summit at Smith’s Rock, Oregon. What a great hike that was, in such a beautiful part of the country.
Watercolor sketch of analyst Mackenzie
A watercolor portrait of analyst Mackenzie Hine. This was a very fortunate little sketch and not a bad likeness, either.
Watercolor of cows grazing across from Mauk’s field
A somewhat traditional watercolor landscape of Herefords grazing in a Kansas field on an early July evening.
Sketchbook with Rubens study, portrait of Tess and Sam
A sketchbook page with a colored pencil study after Ruben’s Head of a Young Man (1601), a watercolor of Tess and a pencil of Sam B. These are the last pages of a huge Moleskine watercolor sketchbook that I could never love, the paper being of indifferent surface texture and an awkward, utilitarian A3/11×17. On […]
Gouache and cardboard modello for Adoration of the Magi
Gouache, watercolor, string and chipboard half-size modello for a larger oil on board painting after Bassano’s Adoration of the Magi (1563). Each individual shape is laser cut and assembled on a slotted wooden base of my own design. The base allows both for painting and display without a frame. I suppose it’s more of a painted sculpture […]
St. John and demoness
Pencil sketch of St. John the Baptist from the Nelson Atkins collection, and an anguished demon, sketches for a plaster bust.
Pencil sketch of witch and demon
Wash and pencil busts of a sorrowful–or perhaps anguished–witch and demon.
Chalk and watercolor sketch of Christ the Pantocreator
A red chalk and watercolor sketch of the Jewish concept of the cosmos, juxtaposed with Christ as Pantocreator, after Cranach’s Christ from the Last Judgement, on view in Kansas City at the Nelson Atkins.
Oil sketch of magi, after Bassano
My first oil sketch ever, of the kneeling Magi (Melchior?) adoring the Christ, after Bassano. This took ages to dry; perhaps my non-toxic oil technique (no petrochemicals) using spike lavender won’t work in a sketchbook?
Gouache study of Francesco Bassano’s Adoration Of The Magi
A gouache and ink study of Francesco Bassano’s Adoration of the Magi
H&R Block Artspace Flatfile show – Club no. 01
A small #gouache #painting I have in this years’ KCAI H&R Block Artspace #flatfile show, Club no. 01. With this work, I am revisiting a theme from 25 years ago, where I created #sculptural #lathe turned wooden clubs from recycled red #oak in all shapes, sizes and colors.
2018 Kansas City Flatfile show
I’ll have a few pieces in this year’s KCAI H&R Block Artspace #flatfile show, including this #paper #sculpture #modello, The Card Players no. 2.
Sketchbook gouache studies for The Card Players
A page of pencil and gouache studies and sketches for The Card Players, after Bruegel’s The Peasants’ Brawl.
Ballpoint pen portrait of artist Warren Rosser
A quick sketch in ballpoint pen during Warren Rosser’s talk at Kansas City’s Central Library, on Feb. 7, 2017. Warren is a prominent KC artist, and my former professor in Painting, at KCAI.
Protection and Detection Chemical Warfare talk at the National WWI Museum
A sobering overview of the historical usage of chemical weapons usage during WWI, the Iraq wars, and the recent chemical atrocities by Syria and Russia. With former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and retired General Richard Myers, Dr. Tom Sack, President and CEO of MRIGlobal, and Dr. Ron Trewyn, the National Bio and Agro-defense […]
Study of Head of Buddha, Nelson Atkins Museum
Pencil study of the sandstone Head of Buddha (584 AD) from the collection of the Nelson Atkins Museum:This sandstone Buddha head originally resided in Cave Eight of the Tianlongshan Buddhist caves in Shanxi province. It is dateable to 584 A.D. by the stele outside the Cave Eight entrance. Cave Eight is approximately 14 feet on a […]
Drawing of Elephant Hunter sculpture, by Malvina Hoffman
Pencil study of The Elephant Hunter sculpture (1927), by Malvina Hoffman. This was one of the most striking pieces from the current retrospective of Hoffman’s work at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. If you are in Iowa, I recommend taking time to visit this exhibition.Like her mentors Borglum and Rodin, Hoffman gravitated toward interpreting the […]
Sketchbook page with St. Anthony and The Black Magus
A sketchbook page showing gouache drawings after Teniers (Temption of St. Anthony) and Pieter Aertsen (Adoration of the Magi – Presentation in the Temple). Here I am trying to figure out color and composition for my current paintings.
Modello for The Cards Players, after Bruegel
This is a gouache modello painted on laser-cut foam board, after Pieter Bruegel’s Card Players. A grotesque, brutal, ridiculous fight scene.
Adoration of the Magi modello
A small laser-cut cardboard modello for a larger oil painting after Adoration of the Magi, Francesco Bassano, 1568.
Temptation Of St. Anthony after Teniers, WIP
A wall-mounted amalgam of Tenier’s many (hundred) paintings of the Temptation of St. Anthony, in the style of a nativity creche. I’m trying to figure out the rear-most figure with the broom, and to consider how the piece might be lit from inside.
Ghost Of Christmas Present and a woman
A watercolor and red pencil portrait of some Hallmarker, and a brown pencil and gold marker sketch after John Leech (1843) of the Ghost Of Christmas Present from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
Temptation of St. Anthony, after Teniers
A gouache study after David Teniers’ painting at the Minneapolis Institute Of Art. Teniers (and his workshop) painted this charming moralistic set-piece from the medieval Golden Legend several times during the later half of the 17th century.
Watercolor painting of Sundown Lake in Iowa
A watercolor landscape using my diamond framework. This was made on the shore, as a rainstorm came in from the west end of the lake.
Paul in the wilderness no. 1
This is a large gouache and pencil landscape, from smaller watercolor studies I made from a friend’s front yard.
St. Paul no. 10, after Cano screen print
Visiting the Golden Age of Spanish Art exhibition at the Kunsthalle Munich with my daughter in March, I was struck by Counter Reformation master Alonso Cano’s powerful, lifelike polychrome bust of Paul, from 1660. Based on many preparatory drawings, sketches and photos made at the exhibit, I created this three-color silkscreen. The handmade screens themselves are hand-painted separations. […]
Pencil portraits of boy, young woman, mother
Old pencil sketch from 1995, City Union Mission. An african-american mother, her daughter and son. #sketchbook #lifedrawing #flesh #portrait #portraits #pencil #imagodei #fromlife #africanamerican
Pencil drawing of a young man, 1994
Old pencil sketch from 1995, City Union Mission. An african-american young man. Having rediscovered this from my sketchbooks many times over the last 20 years, I consider this one of the finest drawings I’ve ever made. #sketchbook #lifedrawing #flesh #portrait #portraits #pencil #imagodei #fromlife #africanamerican
Woman fixing daughter’s hair
#Pencil #drawing from 1992 of a mother #braiding her daughter’s hair, from City Union Mission.
St. Joseph State Park, Florida beach watercolor
#morning #watercolor and #pencil of the superlative #gulf #beach at St. Joseph State Park in #florida
Watercolor sketch of crabapple, western red cedar trees
2016 #Watercolor #sketch looking north at Evangel Presbyterian during #Presbytery break. #crabapple, #westernredcedar