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...
Jul 25, 2018 | New Artwork, Pulp painting
This wall relief was commissioned for a private residence in Florida. The palette and composition is meant to emulate the seacoast of the south eastern United States. I am making the final edits to the work while the patron takes the...
Jul 21, 2017 | Pulp painting
Day four: Today I applied the background colors and reconfigured the palette. The sides of the painting are as of yet not glued to the back of the armature. That will happen sometime next week. My goal today is to shore up the details in the rock areas and add more...
Jul 11, 2017 | Pulp painting
Day one: Colored grids are measured by inches and 1/2 inches and marked up on the photographs. A corresponding grid pattern in 10 inch increments is marked onto surface of the painting. The surface is made up of beaten cotton and abaca pulp. I use a combination of...
Jul 10, 2017 | Pulp painting
I spent the day yesterday wandering the New England shoreline in search of just the right configuration of rocks, ocean waves, shoreline, seaweed, salt deposits and sea urchins for which I cannot name. After taking upwards of 235 photographs, I’ve settled on...
Apr 21, 2008 | Pulp painting
I have been a papermaker for 25 years.The question I am most frequently asked is: how do you make you handmade paper paintings? Recently, I added a page to my web site that describes my process. I decided to share it here as I have been receiving positive reviews for...