Monthly Archives: February 2012

I recently attended a small artists salon at the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, which is ten minutes from my art studio.  The foundation has a new director, and this was a “get to know you” for the artists … Continue reading →

I was happy enough with my first abstract painting in black and white to keep going.  Actually, I prepped four canvases at the beginning, making sure they had a solid coat of white paint.  While I was working on the … Continue reading →

After creating black and white patterns with tape, I wasn’t sure what to do next with this painting.  But something made me want to “write” with black on white and white on black, so that’s exactly what I did.   … Continue reading →

After finishing my second black and white diptych, I went back and worked on the first one I’d started much earlier. While I liked the basic lines of it and didn’t want to mess too much with the negative spaces, … Continue reading →

After finishing my second black and white diptych, I went back and worked on the first one I’d started much earlier. While I liked the basic lines of it and didn’t want to mess too much with the negative spaces, … Continue reading →

It took a couple more painting sessions for me to feel good about this n0n-objective diptych in black and white.  In the first session, I painted over a lot of what I’d added in the previous session.  I painted with … Continue reading →

I’m letting my first black and white non-objective diptych sit for a while.  Meanwhile, I started a second pair of canvases, first gessoing them twice, then applying titanium white and letting the canvases dry. Next, I used mars black acrylic … Continue reading →

I’ve been working on some new black and white paintings on tall format canvases (48″ x 10″) two at a time, placing them side by side on my easel.  This way, they will form a diptych when complete.  I first … Continue reading →

Friday night was the opening reception for my solo exhibit Abstract Non-objective Paintings at the Orazio Salati Gallery in downtown Binghamton, NY.  On First Fridays, everything is open on State Street and crowds wander from place to place t0 take … Continue reading →

I was happy with my previous work on this abstract expressionist painting, but it did not feel finished.  It was perhaps too loose and needed a bit more structure and definition.  First I used parchment to add more light and … Continue reading →