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fun with experimentation…

So, in stepping up to the easel… one night I just suck, and the next I’m completely in the zone. I know that this is just how it is for all artists, but what is up with that? Because I’m hiking or walking dogs all day, I paint at night. I also love NPR, soContinue reading “fun with experimentation…”

Posted byN AndersonFebruary 1, 2012February 3, 2012Posted inmusingsTags:what ifLeave a comment on fun with experimentation…

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things. Edgar Degas Sometimes, I approach the canvas with a clear objective in mind, knowing exactly what I’m going to work on – be it a corner of the canvas or a feature of a face or whatever.  Other times,Continue reading

Posted byN AndersonDecember 20, 2011January 4, 2012Posted inmusingsLeave a comment on

Clare Progression

Hm.  Had meant to post more updates as the painting was progressing.  Now it’s almost done.  Oops. It’s interesting to me that as a holistic practitioner, I am trained to see the whole body – or, the sum of its parts – rather than focusing on just a part; and yet, in painting, I findContinue reading “Clare Progression”

Posted byN AndersonDecember 19, 2011December 19, 2011Posted indog, musings, oil on canvas, portraitLeave a comment on Clare Progression

The Primed Canvas

It’s a metaphor for this blog, really.  It’s completely empty and ready to be created.   Images, words, ideas to be splattered across it.  But when they’re blank, they’re perfect in their promise. This canvas is 38″ x 30″ and I stretched it with the intent of putting on it the expressive eyes of aContinue reading “The Primed Canvas”

Posted byN AndersonDecember 1, 2011December 1, 2011Posted inmusings, oil on canvasLeave a comment on The Primed Canvas

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