1. Chairs. I have had chairs in the back of my mind for a couple of months. The vague idea that chairs can serve as surrogates for people. Empty chairs imply the absence of someone-- a guest, a visitor, a friend, a lover, an enemy. So I did some visual research and went to the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford and visited their collection of 18th century furniture and found some delightful colonial specimens.
2. Richard Serra. I went to Dia:Beacon in New York, last weekend and on installation view are Serra’s Torqued Ellipses. They are perhaps my favorite pieces of contemporary art. And I rediscovered Serra’s “Verb List Compilation: Actions to Relate to Oneself” (1967-1968). A list of 108 verbs to describe what sculpture can do. It fittingly ends with “to continue.”
3. Bird Watching. I have been sitting in the window sketching the birds at the feeder outside the kitchen window.
4. Speedball 2” Brayer. I’ve been using my favorite printmaking brayer as a paint roller for gouache with delightful results.
5. Henry the 8th and all his poor wives. I am an anglophile at heart. Hans Holbien was court painter to Henry the 8th and his portraits are so rich with detail and a harsh frankness.
6. Graph paper. I love working on graph paper. I recently found a new type of graph paper used to practice calligraphy so the whole grid is slanted.
5. Henry the 8th and all his poor wives. I am an anglophile at heart. Hans Holbien was court painter to Henry the 8th and his portraits are so rich with detail and a harsh frankness.
6. Graph paper. I love working on graph paper. I recently found a new type of graph paper used to practice calligraphy so the whole grid is slanted.
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