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In the Beginning In 1975 as a senior undergraduate student at Siena Heights University I did a number of large hyper-realistic oil paintings. The painting shown above entitled “Cosmic Sardines” sat idle in my parents, and later my basement for 45 years. I recently decided to donate the painting to my (first two years) undergraduate […]
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For a while now I have been wanting to do a still life. I decided to do my drawing “Still Life with Bird” in the Cubist style inspired by my hero Pablo Picasso as well as fellow painter Georges Braque. For the past four years I have created all my drawings (all the ones on […]
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Most of us have experienced some form of acute anxiety and/or depression in our life. The figure in the drawing “Tribulation” is wearing prison garb and is pushed to the ground due to what we may perceive to be the circumstances leading to his fear and desperation. One hand is set in a fist representing […]
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In the Bible, the Rose of Sharon symbolizes beauty, and it is used in the book of Song of Solomon to describe the beauty of King Solomon’s lover. In Christian tradition, the petals of the rose symbolize Christ’s wounds from the crucifixion. The color of the rose also holds symbolic meaning. Typically, a white rose […]
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Many students and others have asked me about what goes into creating one of my drawings. I’ve been asked this enough times that I thought I would develop an article to describe my process. One of the most common questions I’m asked is… Where Do My Ideas Come From? The answer is I’m not […]
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For a while during my final year of undergraduate studies and my first year of graduate school I experimented with Hyper-realistic painting (also known as Photorealism). I had gone to a big exhibit at the Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio in 1974 and became fascinated by the artwork of Chuck Close, Richard Estes, […]
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I remember feeling insecure when I launched my fine art career a few years ago. For the first time in ages, I stared at a blank sheet of paper knowing anything was possible. For decades, I’d always had parameters (and deadlines) associated with every art assignment. As a commercial illustrator, I felt supremely secure in […]
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The paper I use in my drawings is an integral part of the medium. Its richness adds an important element of completeness – almost like the background in an oil painting. Imagine my drawings on white paper and I think you can agree that they just wouldn’t be as interesting. How did I come to […]