Monday, October 31, 2011

• Early Soviet architecture. (The Independent)
• The value of charm. (review)
Frozen
pastel on paper 45.7 x 30.5 cm (18" x 12")

No comment.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

• Waiting for who? (The Washington Post)
• The diaries of Henry Kessler. (The Atlantic)
Untitled
gouache on paper 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12" x 9")

Thursday, October 20, 2011

• The book business deserves to die. (Lapham's Quarterly)
• The Neiman Marcus Christmas book. (Neiman Marcus)
An anchor modeler.
Backyard
gouache on paper 27.9 x 18.8 cm (11" x 7.4")

This might look like a summer scene, it isn't. It was painted Wednesday in 4ºC weather.

The painting took 10 to 12 minutes.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Rapids at Night
gouache 16.5 x 24.1 cm (6.5" x 9.5")

Another quickie.

Friday, October 14, 2011

• Will the ebook kill the footnote? (The New York Times)
Yellow Figure
gouache on paper 26.7 x 18.4 cm (10.5" x 7.25")

A quickie.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Messy Portrait
graphite on paper 45.7 x 30.5 cm (18" x 12")

Not only messy, but lots of extraneous lines.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

• A comedown for Alexander the Great. (The New York Review of Books)
Painted Face
watercolour
35.6 x 27.9 cm (14" x 11")



Thursday, October 06, 2011

• The problem of getting paid if you are a writer. (The Daily Beast)
Holding a String
ink and charcoal
30.5 x 45.7 cm (12" x 18")




The model was actually holding a rope, but it looks more like a string in the drawing.

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

• Alfred Kazin's journals. (Boston Review)
• A history of night. (The Times Literary Supplement)
• The Opium War. (The Guardin)
Prairie Crossroads
oil on canvas
61.0 x 91.4 cm (24" x 36")



Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Happy Are The Happy
ink
20.3 x 15.2 cm (8" x 6")


The title is a quote from Jorge Luis Borges.