Recent Studies, 2021

When working from a “subject” there is a tacit, physical transmission of verisimilitude
as the hand or brush leaves traces that bring what is seen in the world
to life on the surface of the painting.
…
A similar thing happens when we use another painting as a model.
It’s impossible to create a “copy” of an existing work.
What happens is that we find that our hand and eye respond to what we see before us.
…
Working on an original painting is open ended.
Nothing can show us what it’s supposed to look like or tell us whether it is finished.
…
Working from an existing work we can compare what we’ve done
to the original and see what is still missing.
…
This is what makes studies so rewarding.
Once we’ve internalized what it has shown us this feeds and stimulates everything we do.

After Manet's portrait of Clemençeau — After Manet’s portrait of Clemençeau

After Corot's portrait of a young woman — After Corot’s portrait of a young woman

After Ekin's portrait of a woman — After Ekin’s portrait of a woman

After Delacroix's nude woman — After Delacroix’s nude woman

After Rembrandt's Weeping Woman — After Rembrandt’s Weeping Woman

Let’s discuss exhibiting my work, purchasing, or commissioning a painting.

“Sometimes I know so little about what
the unconscious demands
that I simply leave it to my hands,
so that afterwards I can think about
what I have shaped.”
~CG Jung, CG Jung: His Myth in Our Time, von Franz

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