"there is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Sir Frances Bacon, Of Beauty, Essays" 1625
Playing with ink this morning. How can a substance so simple give us such a variety of atmospheres to work with? This piece is called Apples, inspired by the apples that are still clinging to my neighbor's tree in the middle of a Canadian winter. The figures are courtesy of my over caffeinated brain!
Over the past couple of days I have been restocking my Esty store, Radiolaria Studios, with some new items. I've been introducing some small colour pieces. Working on the Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke was so much fun I thought I'd do a few more pieces in the same vein. I hope you enjoy the results. Richard.
This is a new piece, a playful take on The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke for an upcoming show at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra California. The original FFMS was painted by Richard Dadd. Later, the band Queen based a song on the painting. Here are the show details: Like a Rolling Stone: A Rock & Roll Reflection... Continue Reading →
So here is The Warm Sea finished. Richard.
The Warm Sea is coming along, slowly. I'm departing from what is physically possible here; water like sculpture, heavy headed plants on spindly stalks, to say nothing of the airborne jellyfish. One of the pleasures of drawing is you get to re-invent reality. Now seriously, wouldn't you like to live in world where jellyfish can... Continue Reading →
This is an acrylic ink piece I did as a study for something larger that I am working on for Gallery Nucleus (more on that later). The acrylic inks perform beautifully on this really heavy Arches watercolor paper (300lb coldpress). I kept this piece to very limited palette. It felt good to loosen up after... Continue Reading →
I just finished this commission piece. It's my first completed piece of 2014, though strictly speaking it was started in 2013. Richard.
I've been bringing these two pieces along over the last few days. I've been listening to a lot of Band of Horses, Wilderness of Manitoba and Besnard Lakes. It's funny how different drawings have their soundtracks. I included the detail of The Warm Sea so you can get a little bit of a sense of... Continue Reading →
Jeff JordanMy good friend Jeff Jordan, painter of many album covers, has a new blog. Check out his posts on doing the cover for Canadian band Protest the Hero.
Well holidays and a cold behind me I thought it was time to get back into the studio and make some art. This is one of the pieces I am currently working on. It's called The Warm Sea. At 11" x 8" inches it's the largest silverpoint that I've done for a while, but it... Continue Reading →
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