Oaks Park Pentimento: Portland’s Lost and Found Carousel Art
Photographs by Jim Lommasson. Introduction by Inara Verzemnieks. Afterword by Prudence Roberts. Oregon State University Press, 121 The Valley Library, Corvallis, OR 97331; http://oregonstate.edu/; 12.5 x 10.5 in; hardbound; 48 pages, 30 color and 9 b/w photos; $25.00
The transitory nature of art has always been fascinating. Photographs …
Category Archives: Painting
Review: Oaks Park Pentimento
Liquidated
Liquidated, 2009; watercolor on paper, approximately 16 x 25 inches.
Well that took a bit longer than expected.
Liquidated is the second in my 99W Series of paintings. This is a planned sequence of images using the thread of old Pacific Highway West through Western Oregon as a common theme. The road forms a cross section …
Review: Here There Nowhere
Here There Nowhere
Paintings by Michael Brophy with essays by Jonathan Raban and William L. Lang. OSU Press, 121 The Valley Library, Corvallis, OR 97331-4501; http://oregonstate.edu/dept/press; 12.0 x 12.0 x 0.25 in; paperbound; 60 pages, 20 color images; $25.00
The landscape of the Pacific Northwest is an ever-changing one, and so it should be no surprise that …
Happy Birthday, Bob
Bob Ross, television painting guru, the man who defined fantasy-land do-it-yourself painting. He was to art what the Ginsu knife was to kitchen cutlery. Introducing the art of oil painting to the great unwashed masses, he inspired a cult fan base devoted to his smooth voice, zen-like demeanor, and iconic afro.
Ross believed we all have …
Morning rush, portland
Morning Rush, Portland, 2007; watercolor on paper, approxamately 16 x 25 inches.
Here is the jumping off point. Me being me, I didn’t quite paint it in weekly, zen-like meditative days as I had planned. Noooo. Of course not. Every electronic device was still up and running, there were papers tossed everywhere, and I couldn’t …
Satiation
After a long absence from painting, I’ve returned to it. With what promises to be a fiscally tight term, I needed something to occupy my “me time” with that did not cost much. Additionally, I needed down time, time that was truly dedicated to doing something other than working on school projects or homework. Both …
Anatomy of a watercolor: From paper to painting
Watercolor for me is mostly a pursuit of pleasure. I have never tried to make it a source of income, knowing the difficulties of trying to live off of art, and not wanting to turn my enjoyable pursuit into a stressful one. On top of that, I have restricted my painting to images …