Fuji B&W shot with a Mamiya RZ67 medium format film camera with 110mm lens. — spence
Continue ReadingB&W Tree in Snow, 2008
Yet More Berries in the Rain, 2018
…I’m still in awe of what f1.4 does to the resolution and then the circle of confusion
Continue ReadingBox, 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
Continue ReadingA Bird in a Storm, 2017
a long journey into white mist
Continue ReadingChristmas Stick
…it just needed an ornament
Continue ReadingFlower from the Front Porch
…who painted these things?
Continue ReadingLizard, 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…
Continue ReadingTwo 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
Continue ReadingA Tangle of Woods
Trees in snow, taken on Fuji B&W 120 film, in a Mamiya RZ67 Pro medium format camera and 110mm lens. Scanned with a Nikon medium format film scanner. Way more resolution than needed, really, could have printed this very large. — spence
Continue ReadingGuitar and Mandolin, 2004
This was a sketch by Picasso, deconstructing a mandolin, as a taking off point and then more deconstruction. — spence
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