Jun 30, 2020 | Pulp painting
The Cape Ann Seacoast, the inspiration for the painting. Like many of us, I am drawn to the primodial pull of the sea. For me, it is not just any seashore, but the north Atlantic, with its harsh terrain, ice cold water, and thunderous crashing waves. Here, rocks are...
Jan 22, 2020 | Pulp painting
In this short video, I demonstrate how I apply abaca, that has been beaten for 20+ hours, to the surface of the rock and water painting, to give the illusion of pebbled rocks.
Jan 7, 2020 | News from the studio, Upcoming events
Writing a check for 1000.00 to the Tri-Town Council. Photo: Jonah Rehak A group effort to make this moment happen. Photo: Jonah Rehak Pulling the five winners of the paper making workshop out of a hat. If your name wasn’t called, it was returned back to the bag...
Jun 21, 2019 | Tabloid art history
Claude Monet is famous for painting many subjects, water lilies, cathedral facades, footbridges, and of course, hay stacks. It is his hay stack painting, Meules, that captured a huge sum of money at auction recently 110 million dollars to be exact. What makes these...
May 31, 2019 | Tabloid art history
Early morning, River Road, Topsfield. The light in this photo has a dramatic quality that reminds me of one of my favorite artists, Caravaggio. Caravaggio placed light colors against dark to create a dramatic effect in his work, known as chiaroscuro in Latin. The...
Apr 14, 2019 | Upcoming events
Piero della Francesca, The Resurrection, c. 1463-5, fresco, 225 x 200 cm (Museo Civico, Sansepolcro, Italy). Public art has been a source of civic pride, government marketing, and economic renewal since the Roman Emperor Diocletian built the great baths of Rome filled...
