You all know about the dilemma of “can’t do this until I do such and such!” This has been my mantra the last couple of weeks. I am itching to get to my Dutch project but first I must fulfill a couple of previously planned obligations. The first one was a painting/commission for a client. He specifically requested a landscape done on gold leaf on … [Read more...] about Painting Mantras
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Rembrandt Exhibit, First Stop
The Shaw Gothic Pavilion at the Dayton Art Institute was a perfect setting for my presentation. Each of the three display paintings were set up on the easels where people could look closely and also ask questions about my Lessons of the Low Countries project. That's me in black with an blue apron talking to a philosophy professor about the Dutch … [Read more...] about Rembrandt Exhibit, First Stop
Choices
The trip to the Dayton Art Institute to do my presentation was splendid and the Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art Exhibit was even more so. The scope of this Dutch collection is mind boggling in that this is the only time these ninety masterpieces have been out of Holland. The directors of the 3 destination museums, Dayton Art Institute, … [Read more...] about Choices
Kremer Pigments
Zecchi’s Pigments
Perplexing Pigments
Well, my mind has been spinning with thoughts of pigments and the process of grinding paints. Many many times over the years I have made paints but never on this broad scale using solely pigments from a certain period, like this one, the 17th Century. After speaking with the Conservation Department at the National Gallery last week, I know great … [Read more...] about Perplexing Pigments