Tag: studio
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Three sheets of paintings
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Tools of the trade
I’m making these little gouache paintings using a mega set of cheap gouache i purchased online. It’s not the best paint to work with, but it’s good enough for these experiments and where i’m at right now. If i keep going I’ll definitely need to upgrade the paint (because I LOVE mixing quality pigments). As…
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Limes
My friend TJ commissioned me to make these limes as a gift for his wife. I painted these directly on panel and then cut them out. I believe they are still hanging in their kitchen.
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Orange and Apple on panel
I made these two small paintings on panel for a show. I used a map of Indianapolis in the background for the apple painting and affectionately called it “Indianapplis.”
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Brooks Golden
I had the great pleasure of sharing a studio space with Brooks for a year or so just west of downtown. It was a great space and I spent countless hours there. Brooks was a friend and inspiration, and a stern critic and lover of my work. Tragically, Brooks passed away from health issues in…
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Soup Fixins
The Grocer created these two small paintings for a food themed show that Revise was putting together in 2008. I purchased all of these veggies from the Wicker Park farmer’s market one day and photographed them in these exact arrangements. They were painted on paper and pasted on cutting boards. Both sold at the show.…
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Ginger and Mushroom
These two 24×24″ panels was painted by The Grocer for his show at Foursided gallery. In the background of the ginger painting you can faintly see drawings of buildings that my son drew on the panel before I painted the background.