Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Part 2 of Bell Museum Show Opens
Yes, the water of Lake Superior is as cold as it looks in this painting. You can see this along with others of mine at the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum. Opening reception is July 20, 1-4 pm. The show runs through August 31, 2014. 10 Church St., Minneapolis, MN, 55455
Monday, July 7, 2014
Bell Museum Exhibit, Part 1.
Part 2 of the exhibit will open Sunday, July 20. The Bell Museum is located at 10 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Monday, August 29, 2011
More Lake Superior Rocks in Pen and Ink
As I said in my last blog, the rocks on the beach at our cabin are lumpy and full of cracks and holes. But if you are looking for interesting shapes to draw this is the place to be.
When you tackle a subject like this it is easiest to do it when the light is intense and when the sun is not at its zenith. What you want are some clearly defined shadows. These were done between about 4:00 and 5:00 on a late July afternoon. Cloudy days when the light is flat will make these rocks more difficult to draw, too. Again, simplify.
The lake is shown in watercolor washes of blue. The bold one in the upper left corner is French Ultramarine blue from my old Windsor Newton traveling watercolor box. That box is too heavy to carry around compared to my smaller Schmincke boxes and I had not had it out to use for ages. Now that I have discovered it again I'm going to take the French Ultramarine pan out and stick it in the smaller box trading it for the Schmincke Ultramarine (UB) pan. I was surprised to see the difference in intensity between the colors. Other washes are cerulean and mixtures of UB and cerulean. The paper is Fabriano 90# cold press in another Roz Stendahl journal.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Lake Superior Rocks in Pen and Ink
Monday, August 15, 2011
"Places Between, Spaces Within": New Art from Project Art for Nature
PAN artists create and share artwork to encourage protection, restoration, re-connection and stewardship of natural communities of native plants and animals.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Hazy Sunshine on Lake Superior
Here is another look out onto the great inland sea that is Lake Superior. It was a cloudless afternoon at the cabin. The sky was faintly hazy and yet the lake sparkled like diamonds. A brilliant contrast to the purplish-brown rock. The small spruce tree hangs tight to this rocky, lichen covered outcropping above Lake Superior. It is battered by the elements but its roots go deep into the cracks in the basalt.
This painting is done on book board primed with three coats of vermilion colored clear acrylic gesso. It give me a nice toothy surface, a little rougher than regular gesso. I started using clear acrylic gesso as a ground for my pastel paintings and find it is also nice for oil.
I will be showing this painting along with several others at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, Wisconsin. The show will run August 19 to September 26. The opening reception is Friday evening, August 26 from 6:30 to 8:30. More details about the show next week.