Back to school again…
This has to be one of the most difficult paintings I have worked on. As I have said many times: I am not a landscape painter. Not a good one, anyways. But I have been painting a lot of landscapes recently and I always feel like I am way outside my comfort zone, but some of […]
New Lines
I am returning to my Lines. They are fun to make! Here is Lines No. 24, 48 x48 cm, oil and graphite on birch plywood.
Seriously distracted
Not much has been done in the studio lately, but I am back and things are happening again. I have been distracted by ranch life and my new passion: horses. I have to admit I am getting a bit obsessed about learning as much as I possibly can about riding and being around horses. I […]
@ Hunt Modern in Santa Fe
Here are finally pictures from my ongoing show at Hunt Modern in Santa Fe. Lauren Hunt buys high quality, collectible furniture from Europe and does careful restoration and sells them here, to people who know to appreciate these treasures! I am very happy to have a solo show in her classy showroom and I am […]
Back in the studio after trip to Georgia, Virginia & Tennessee
Oh, how nice to be back in Santa Fe, where the sun is shining and there are fewer cars and hardly any traffic jams. And finally I could spend a day in the studio again. “The rancher who pushed his luck”. Almost finished.
Slow progress, but many hours
It takes time to work on the subtle stuff, but I have also worked to prepare for a surprise opportunity. On Friday November 10 I was have an opening for a solo show at Hunt Modern in Santa Fe, which is a very elegant store/gallery for modern high end furniture. A lot of Danish, Swedish […]
No feelings of despair anymore!
I am making progress! I am starting to have fun! I am starting to feel like I can work this out! But still a lot of work remains to be done. I have to go over the horse again, all the face have a lot of work remaining, the collar on the boy, the girl’s […]
Why is it so €%&# hard?
It should be easy. Or not? Well, it isn’t. I am in the “free fall” stage now. Slowly building up layers… the first are so flat and ugly. I have not done a painting like this in a while and I can’t remember feeling such despair before. It takes Patience, Courage, and maybe even Passion […]
The new line triptych is done
The third part of the triptych was done and the entire suite is now hanging in our living room. It changed the atmosphere in the room! Each section is 120 x 128 cm, so the total width of the triptych is 3,84 meters. The old piece we had there before was moved to the studio […]
More Lines, straight and curled
I worked hard on the second part of the large Line triptych last night. The two wide sections are graphite, made with w soft pencil. Then I painted the other lines with different sheds of black (Chromatic, Ivory, Van Dyke Brown, etc.) as well as Indian Red and Caput Mortuum. This morning Andrea and I […]