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Elmo – The Good Point
A few years ago, my coworker asked me to paint his dog. He brought me a lot of photos, but there was not one that I felt I could use as a reference. This month, I tried again. Good dog, you made a good point.
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It’s all about Nick
I work for a large aerospace corporation. Every year they recruit promising bright engineers from all over the world. I have watched them come and go for 30 years now. It’s always interesting to see which ones will leave after a year of Seattle’s traffic, housing prices, and weather; and which ones turn into permanent…
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June – Forever Young
A friend approached me with a request; could I paint his mother. It struck me as being somewhat of an unusual request, until I remembered his mother died when he was a boy. I accepted the commission before I had seen any of the reference photos, because I completely understood the need to bring our…
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Bus Stop
This is painted on a 1/2 sheet of hot press 300 pound watercolor painter. I had the good fortune to be able to use two lovely models for this in the Painting workshop I took last week from Carla O’Connor. This is an imaginary landscape using colors that I love.
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Now I know what it’s like to see my name in the New York Times!
ARTS / ART & DESIGN Obama’s Face Rules the Web By RANDY KENNEDY Published: May 31, 2009 Perhaps not since John F. Kennedy has a presidency so fanned the flames of painterly ardor among artists. Yes, this is the painting you saw on the front page of the New York Times! Mimi was interviewed by…