Sketchbook Tuesday

"I've been fifty thousand times to the Louvre. I have copied everything in drawing, trying to understand."

Alberto Giacometti

Dark House

Dark House, oil on 4" x 6" linen panel, 2010
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"I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am. Solitude is indispesible for my dialogue with nature."

Caspar David Friedrich

Boutique

Boutique, oil on 4" x 6" linen panel, 2010
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"I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action."

Mark Tobey

Urban Haiku

Alberta House, oil on 4" x 6" linen panel, 2010
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This is the first in a new series of pochades I'm calling urban haiku. The emphasis in these paintings will be on mood and design. They are small (about the size of your hand) and affordable. I hope you enjoy them.


"Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a nude, an anecdote or whatnot, is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order."

Maurice Denis

Sketchbook Tuesday

There's a nice little post about Alla Prima on the blog, Notebook Stories. Thanks Nifty!

"I cannot imagine why my vision will have some value in the world..and yet I know it will..I think I will count because I am patient and recueilli (contemplative) in some degree."

Gwen John

Sketchbook Tuesday

One house, two drawings. Ink, pencil, and white gouache on paper.

"When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to see in it."

Alberto Giacometti

Sketchbook Tuesday

Another two-pager from a small sketchbook.

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

Groucho Marx