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What Dreams Wither
Fresh off the easel today is this new still life, my first classical still life in years, actually--a commission for a dedicated...
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Jun 152 min read
Then, And Now (Part 5)
"Then, And Now" or "Then & Now" in the blog search feature, is an ongoing occasional series where themes of progression, time, and memory...
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Nov 8, 20232 min read
Summer Plein Air: Chasing The Light
Summer in Texas, where I live and work, is never the best outdoor painting time. Extreme heat and incredibly harsh, searing daylight add...
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Sep 9, 20233 min read
Run Script: gaiatheory/upload.exe
I. Upload And Transcend Since Vernor Vinge’s work in the 1980s there has been a belief by some that, through an event called the...
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Aug 1, 20232 min read
Cybernetic Karma Algorithm
The DNA of any two people on Earth is supposedly 99.6 percent identical. If such biological uniformity flies in the face of all of our...
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Jun 22, 20233 min read
The Three Hands Of God
A triptych spanning 12 years and a few different eras of my painting and stylistic evolution, this trio of paintings addresses the tense...
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Mar 14, 20233 min read
Pest
Here’s a silly random painting I made recently. “Pest” Oil on insect shaped panel For @christian1perez ‘s “Metamorphosis” art show at...
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Sep 2, 20191 min read
Blood Rituals: Volume One Coming Soon!
A pair of teaser trailers documenting some behind the scenes production of my forthcoming limited edition handmade monograph documenting...
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Mar 23, 20181 min read
In The Studio 5: Reworking Plein Air Landscapes
Something I’ve never been a fan of doing is revisiting older paintings after some time has passed. The process of reconstructing or even...
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Jan 27, 20172 min read
Blood Rituals Review, Part 2
After completing the review of my recent gallery show that I mentioned in my last blog post, staff writer at tattoodo.com Ross Howerton...
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Dec 26, 20167 min read
Blood Rituals Review
“Beautiful paintings of blood and bones at a gorgeous gallery in NYC.” There’s a fantastic review of the recent gallery exhibit BLOOD...
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Dec 16, 20161 min read
BLOOD RITUALS MMXVI: Progress Montage
Here’s another video featuring work from my forthcoming series of new paintings “Blood Rituals,” debuting at Sacred Gallery in NYC...
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Oct 25, 20161 min read
BLOOD RITUALS MMXVI: To The Nadir
Here’s the second promotional video for my upcoming exhibition Blood Rituals at Sacred Gallery in NYC on November 12th, for the painting...
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Oct 17, 20161 min read
BLOOD RITUALS MMXVI: Quantum Of Sustenance
With my exhibition of new work approaching in a few weeks, I’m creating some promo materials for the series, including some teaser videos...
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Oct 12, 20161 min read
On The Road 12: Spring and Summer Plein Air Adventures
I’ve been so busy painting in the studio for an upcoming exhibition of all new still lifes (announcements soon!) that I forgot to post...
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Sep 7, 20162 min read
Summer Exhibitions
This has turned into quite a busy summer for me, as I have various recent paintings scattered across the globe in several current group...
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Jul 6, 20161 min read
2016 Peto Biennial
I’m very honored and excited to have been among the artists whose work was selected for the John F. Peto Studio Museum’s 2016 Biennial....
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Apr 24, 20161 min read
On The Road 11: New England Plein Air
At the beginning of this month I travelled back to my homeland of Connecticut, hoping for late winter weather mild enough to endure some...
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Mar 25, 20162 min read
Miniature Landscapes
This past month I unearthed a bunch of tiny frames from my studio storage for the purpose of painting little gifts for friends and family...
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Jan 2, 20161 min read
Soul
The inspiration for this painting came largely from oysters and their far more notorious contents: pearls. The pearl has been a symbol of...
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Dec 26, 20151 min read
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