…I’m still in awe of what f1.4 does to the resolution and then the circle of confusion
Box, Vase, and Ball, 2005
More still life. I love this form. Many of my favorite paintings remain still life. The oldest good oil painting I have (I have a couple not so polished…) is a still life. It’s a teaching form, but works for me. — spence
A Bird in a Storm, 2017
a long journey into white mist
Christmas Stick
…it just needed an ornament
Story Ideas
…how to generate ideas?
Flower from the Front Porch
…who painted these things?
Lizard, 2005
This was a section from Canyons. I loved the wet-on-wet oil work on Canyons and I wanted to continue it. This came from reaching back to the watercolor work I did in my teens – cartoony mis=use of watercolor and ink to craft basically brightly colored posters. Stuff to hang on the walls […]
Two Figures, 2005 (unfinished)
This was never signed or finished, but I learned a lot about abstracted figures. The inspiration was a clay sculpture at the Met, of a crouched human figure. — spence
