Wednesday, February 2, 2011


Light Vase
    oil on panel  6" x 8"

In a fit of miscalculation, I chose to paint a pressed glass vase - after all, I love painting the battle between reflective surfaces and transparency. This particular subject has, as I discovered, a most complex pattern of facets and swirls. All these tiny shapes and swirls inter-connect and form repeating patterns and they each pick up reflective color from the light boucing off nearby surfaces. It is a certain path to insanity to attempt to come to grips with all this while manipulating brushes and paint and even hope to get an image. What I have given you is a record of this slippery path to the rubber room. Then I decided to try it again. Something to look forward to tomorrow!

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