tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68673863091396178362024-02-20T21:18:11.142-08:00Art of James EdmondsJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332310098539576726noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867386309139617836.post-72130747682017367112011-09-20T23:19:00.000-07:002011-09-20T23:38:12.000-07:00Long overdue updateRecently, I have been sitting in on the morning figure drawing sessions at <a href="http://www.thesafehouseatelier.com/">The Safehouse Atelier</a>. It's really good to be back in the daily practice of working from the model. I didn't realize how much I missed it these past couple years. Here's the most recent effort.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kVBreZEuQEsTQwC16T1Jag4LzAHJR4FQhGQd1IaUdtoTgni1i0n4YqF_yYXp5vW8zC5zaa0gEy4HW5VG-yy66spTiYrBczypVUxZ2DDiOqt86SJl1g6r1Ty6zB1kTfdl_JNtekK2-BIK/s1600/torrey_drawing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kVBreZEuQEsTQwC16T1Jag4LzAHJR4FQhGQd1IaUdtoTgni1i0n4YqF_yYXp5vW8zC5zaa0gEy4HW5VG-yy66spTiYrBczypVUxZ2DDiOqt86SJl1g6r1Ty6zB1kTfdl_JNtekK2-BIK/s320/torrey_drawing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654695719137493170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Torrey</span>, graphite on bristol board, 2011<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Also, a recent small still life painting.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPA1Ho2g5bZmH30QnN-tWc8-yy7x-6yHJ3g71XVGUl5qNsNYP_Vn-PFtFP8Wiu1eAsLcNwL_t5cz4zB0UNc-tQuOTJxLRU_PJrvWOir8tYvde2CEVk-89TwO4IyjoJ6GPMSRaEqG7JEH-/s1600/medicine.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPA1Ho2g5bZmH30QnN-tWc8-yy7x-6yHJ3g71XVGUl5qNsNYP_Vn-PFtFP8Wiu1eAsLcNwL_t5cz4zB0UNc-tQuOTJxLRU_PJrvWOir8tYvde2CEVk-89TwO4IyjoJ6GPMSRaEqG7JEH-/s320/medicine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654697125004478978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Medicine</span>, 5"x7", oil on panel, 2011<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">More work as it develops.<br /></div></div><br /><br /></div></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332310098539576726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867386309139617836.post-85414074827738524012011-02-04T08:54:00.001-08:002011-02-04T08:59:28.153-08:00Tangelos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybDIr9zz5BRJI7sFr_kNUucbk0JTBG0QJUQ5M1myKcivLLbZkQCoLdu3Y4kfMHWrIWCtH6WD634OgLzG_0470uGB2zi2Kxss5pOo44JwSF3WSJSdjxqK5267yUqQIaq_lAZB4N6zW8IlE/s1600/tangelos.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybDIr9zz5BRJI7sFr_kNUucbk0JTBG0QJUQ5M1myKcivLLbZkQCoLdu3Y4kfMHWrIWCtH6WD634OgLzG_0470uGB2zi2Kxss5pOo44JwSF3WSJSdjxqK5267yUqQIaq_lAZB4N6zW8IlE/s320/tangelos.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569878964246421282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tangelos, </i>Oil on Panel, 9.5"x6.25", 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332310098539576726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867386309139617836.post-39413317598441066542010-12-30T23:02:00.000-08:002010-12-30T23:08:44.325-08:00Ann's Twenty Two<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF611V6jggLqucmOKlMEBZYjRQieZaBTLiTmMQTVWDuPSs2LnNFugwHF5KSqk30rQCvIJMtAv6IhsMsoXvsJv_nd_xqmN0Rbhzh7bCM8xH7GzOWDY10IuTENJi-PFiMv4JzNM1a0Gl1190/s1600/anns22.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF611V6jggLqucmOKlMEBZYjRQieZaBTLiTmMQTVWDuPSs2LnNFugwHF5KSqk30rQCvIJMtAv6IhsMsoXvsJv_nd_xqmN0Rbhzh7bCM8xH7GzOWDY10IuTENJi-PFiMv4JzNM1a0Gl1190/s320/anns22.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556738624931814466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ann's Twenty Two</i>, Oil on Panel, 9.5" x 23", 2010</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This rifle once belonged to my late grandmother. She was a strong Southern matriarch of a sort seldom seen in this age. There is a rather gruesome story of how the stock came to be broken, but I won't scar my readers with further details.</div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332310098539576726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867386309139617836.post-16991801410986811642010-12-03T14:21:00.001-08:002010-12-03T14:28:15.643-08:00The out of doors<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfoNMl2nV63QRWxIrss6C6OWn8Tl_sU7w1vqVKOAZGWjTw7xiNaR425q1hhiew0PJTHu97x0svgoqMrQMn8GMbf4szD6T1lVMnJH0olTUDXAWRar5J4CRTzpSNx6JtoSz49ph-A9_AcB9/s1600/downed_tree.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfoNMl2nV63QRWxIrss6C6OWn8Tl_sU7w1vqVKOAZGWjTw7xiNaR425q1hhiew0PJTHu97x0svgoqMrQMn8GMbf4szD6T1lVMnJH0olTUDXAWRar5J4CRTzpSNx6JtoSz49ph-A9_AcB9/s320/downed_tree.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546586122784283058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Downed Tree sketch, graphite, aprox. 8.5" x 11", 2010 </i></div><div><br />Sometimes, as an antidote to too many hours in the studio, I head outside for some drawing or painting. The challenges of such endeavors are well documented and I don't need to rehash them here. However, sitting outside, listening to birds, and doing what I love to do is one of the nicest experiences I can think of. Even if the work doesn't come out well (which is often), I ultimately feel happy about the experience. That is to say, I feel happy once the gloomy cloud of failure and self-doubt passes. </div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332310098539576726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867386309139617836.post-33946877124488756572010-11-21T22:31:00.000-08:002010-11-22T09:26:29.209-08:00Some Wisdom from Harold Speed<div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote style="font-style: italic; "></blockquote><div style="text-align: center; "><blockquote style="font-style: italic; "></blockquote><div style="text-align: left; "><blockquote style="font-style: italic; "></blockquote><blockquote style="font-style: italic; "></blockquote><blockquote><i>The discussion between realism and idealism is fundamentally one about clothes--in what garments shall the spiritual realities that are the real matter of all art be arrayed. Whether it shall be sought for in the aspects of everyday things, or clothed by the artist in the most fit symbols his imagination can conceive. The reality is the same in the best examples of all art, whether real or ideal. It is this inner world of reality, the other side of material things, that art seeks to give expression to in the material terms. The old antagonism between the material and the immaterial, between the flesh and the spirit, has too often in the past led the idealist to neglect the true aspect of things (the material with which his symbols are made), and inclined the realist to give too much emphasis to the purely material aspect of things, to the neglect of the spirit. But the more reasonable modern minds are everywhere seeking to combine these two extremes, seeking the inner realities in the meanest aspect of everyday things, instead of building in the clouds. There is, truly speaking, no antagonism between the realist and the idealist.</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; "><sup>1</sup></span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right; "><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you don't already own them, you owe it to yourself to pick up a copy of Harold Speed's essential texts on learning to draw and paint. <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Practice-Science-Drawing-Harold-Speed/dp/8562022160/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1290408526&sr=8-3">The Practice and Science of Drawing</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Painting-Techniques-Materials-Harold-Speed/dp/0486255069/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1290408526&sr=8-2">Oil Painting Materials and Techniques</a>. </i>They offer a wealth of practical information on learning the craft as well as a generous amount of sound artistic theory and philosophy. Along with Robert Henri's <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Spirit-Robert-Henri/dp/0465002633/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290408879&sr=1-1">The Art Spirit</a>, </i>I would consider them required reading for anyone pursuing art. More from these two in the future.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; "><sup>1</sup> Harold Speed, <u>Oil Painting Materials and Techniques</u> (New York: Dover, 1987) 66</span></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; "><blockquote></blockquote><br /></div></div></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332310098539576726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867386309139617836.post-98033751284462432010-11-15T11:34:00.001-08:002010-11-15T11:43:10.082-08:00A pear and the bitter taste of defeat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bjLhxgFIlp_SmhvnK6fbhiXV2JEHac6IXibP3RvCeG22k1GXJy7TsUTmFauREMpfvfuOKl6Cq3pOR8CxZdRCqBe6f98UxULFx66uGjpgPZl8qm7UpuiI7VahiWUJleAntyApet7Qkss3/s1600/bosc_box.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bjLhxgFIlp_SmhvnK6fbhiXV2JEHac6IXibP3RvCeG22k1GXJy7TsUTmFauREMpfvfuOKl6Cq3pOR8CxZdRCqBe6f98UxULFx66uGjpgPZl8qm7UpuiI7VahiWUJleAntyApet7Qkss3/s320/bosc_box.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539862481271971362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bosc/Box, </i>oil on panel, 7" x 7", 2010</div><div><br />Here's a piece I just finished. Nothing too groundbreaking as far as subject matter is concerned but I needed to knock something out to remind myself that I still knew how to paint. I just spent a month working on another, more involved piece. Sadly, it ended up not really coming together the way I wanted. So it's facing the wall to be reviewed after a couple other projects. On occasion it can help to not look at a piece for a while to rediscover its merits. When you've poured so much time and energy into a piece, it can be very easy to get disheartened when it doesn't go your way. And like any tumultuous relationship, sometimes you just need some time apart to reevaluate things. And sometimes a piece just fails. In that case, all you can do is learn what you can from the defeat and apply that knowledge to future projects.</div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332310098539576726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867386309139617836.post-6428804851874802462010-11-04T11:07:00.001-07:002010-11-04T11:11:58.378-07:00Two recent pieces<div>A couple of recent pieces.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7on_6OLkO8wsQZu_1ImdZ38rlYL4XJHQW3aJ1Ia7POCgaVFOlH1hchyphenhyphenUNU1uqbo-T57K3ZNdiH0S8pM1ET6dvvqID40bTZAcKyRdo2Db89xkJ2avlPdgIdQWZF8FIh6mwnmJXfBbek_D/s1600/dads_gun.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7on_6OLkO8wsQZu_1ImdZ38rlYL4XJHQW3aJ1Ia7POCgaVFOlH1hchyphenhyphenUNU1uqbo-T57K3ZNdiH0S8pM1ET6dvvqID40bTZAcKyRdo2Db89xkJ2avlPdgIdQWZF8FIh6mwnmJXfBbek_D/s320/dads_gun.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535757987169641106" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7on_6OLkO8wsQZu_1ImdZ38rlYL4XJHQW3aJ1Ia7POCgaVFOlH1hchyphenhyphenUNU1uqbo-T57K3ZNdiH0S8pM1ET6dvvqID40bTZAcKyRdo2Db89xkJ2avlPdgIdQWZF8FIh6mwnmJXfBbek_D/s1600/dads_gun.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7on_6OLkO8wsQZu_1ImdZ38rlYL4XJHQW3aJ1Ia7POCgaVFOlH1hchyphenhyphenUNU1uqbo-T57K3ZNdiH0S8pM1ET6dvvqID40bTZAcKyRdo2Db89xkJ2avlPdgIdQWZF8FIh6mwnmJXfBbek_D/s1600/dads_gun.jpg"></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My Father's Gun, oil on panel, 9" x 13", 2010</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7on_6OLkO8wsQZu_1ImdZ38rlYL4XJHQW3aJ1Ia7POCgaVFOlH1hchyphenhyphenUNU1uqbo-T57K3ZNdiH0S8pM1ET6dvvqID40bTZAcKyRdo2Db89xkJ2avlPdgIdQWZF8FIh6mwnmJXfBbek_D/s1600/dads_gun.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxUdHC0MjIq9kQ5nJHYl_5eKtHht5BHCeKPU_jetA54ZH0-j29H5V9xDoI46Fhb3NTT4Ta_86q4y_TKvJ9j4atrkspClVgKXb6Bl6BKqlRtpsS6b0t-l-KrNCYL1S2dnTezeNxtFmDIcU/s1600/dad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxUdHC0MjIq9kQ5nJHYl_5eKtHht5BHCeKPU_jetA54ZH0-j29H5V9xDoI46Fhb3NTT4Ta_86q4y_TKvJ9j4atrkspClVgKXb6Bl6BKqlRtpsS6b0t-l-KrNCYL1S2dnTezeNxtFmDIcU/s320/dad.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535757984796567954" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pater Familias,</i> graphite, 2010</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxUdHC0MjIq9kQ5nJHYl_5eKtHht5BHCeKPU_jetA54ZH0-j29H5V9xDoI46Fhb3NTT4Ta_86q4y_TKvJ9j4atrkspClVgKXb6Bl6BKqlRtpsS6b0t-l-KrNCYL1S2dnTezeNxtFmDIcU/s1600/dad.jpg"></a><br /><br /></div></div></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332310098539576726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867386309139617836.post-88938585031961989352010-11-04T10:40:00.000-07:002010-11-04T11:07:09.286-07:00Introduction and a little background<div>Welcome to my blog everyone. First, a little bit of information about myself, I am a 27 year old artist. After receiving a BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2006, I spent two years studying drawing and painting in San Francisco under such artists as <a href="http://www.johnpence.com/visuals/painters/dobsky/index.htm">Carl Dobsky</a> and<a href="http://www.coro36ink.com/">Justin 'Coro' Kaufman</a> at what was then called the Next Gen Atelier. It has since evolved into<a href="http://thesafehouseatelier.blogspot.com/">The Safehouse Atelier</a> and anyone interested in really learning how to draw and paint should look into it. In an effort to clear my head after so many years of studying and working full time, I took to the open road, riding my bicycle from Seattle, WA to Nicaragua. Some of the fruits of that labor can be viewed at the <a href="http://www.dondeestajames.com/">blog I kept of the trip</a>. I have since returned to my easel and am producing paintings once more.<div><br /></div><div>Here are a few older pieces, executed while still in San Francisco.</div></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Hrp2AG8X8_IxmNmW7JlTecqqG114kBNK2nmUSf94GK4VRHXKZPX5TKGUI5FOKHkxoldkA7NAALnECTijTQjRva5nUu2IIwLYmCDthBa7ZZfkNWaJBwvemeymuknoydGbhKwGwpoNXILY/s1600/rite_of_spring.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Hrp2AG8X8_IxmNmW7JlTecqqG114kBNK2nmUSf94GK4VRHXKZPX5TKGUI5FOKHkxoldkA7NAALnECTijTQjRva5nUu2IIwLYmCDthBa7ZZfkNWaJBwvemeymuknoydGbhKwGwpoNXILY/s320/rite_of_spring.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535755094004205426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Rite of Spring, </i>oil on linen, 18" x 27", 2008</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx99ZSRoP241IJLngK9dpIC1Hjh0O-EGX4__t-EVl1VNgEKJ48Iz9zF76vGBjWbQnap9ifk9JkaQV-rmGl4Rt_-zRt34JNWgxDuB0j9eKDWPlqtNPRuhDudyzFXj6I_bNm7MdsmqTz9Ezx/s1600/jill.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx99ZSRoP241IJLngK9dpIC1Hjh0O-EGX4__t-EVl1VNgEKJ48Iz9zF76vGBjWbQnap9ifk9JkaQV-rmGl4Rt_-zRt34JNWgxDuB0j9eKDWPlqtNPRuhDudyzFXj6I_bNm7MdsmqTz9Ezx/s1600/jill.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx99ZSRoP241IJLngK9dpIC1Hjh0O-EGX4__t-EVl1VNgEKJ48Iz9zF76vGBjWbQnap9ifk9JkaQV-rmGl4Rt_-zRt34JNWgxDuB0j9eKDWPlqtNPRuhDudyzFXj6I_bNm7MdsmqTz9Ezx/s320/jill.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535755085638359042" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Jill</i>, graphite, 2008</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yRdRV7ps-gRiGG0y4TkUnZugcOPzc5iFZvVGkulfkHltZFTSfC138q_r50dFG5ftKPtLEL5Naprhpoia1-tKnj1iYuwAph9tE6EDKAxvExKgZOBlstkI1diMiP6Dr_eESQ0x5MbTcrp4/s1600/modern_romance.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yRdRV7ps-gRiGG0y4TkUnZugcOPzc5iFZvVGkulfkHltZFTSfC138q_r50dFG5ftKPtLEL5Naprhpoia1-tKnj1iYuwAph9tE6EDKAxvExKgZOBlstkI1diMiP6Dr_eESQ0x5MbTcrp4/s320/modern_romance.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535755086866382738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Modern Romance,</i> oil on linen, 10" x 15", 2008</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ADRA9nf65NpfpreIA_4o3j2kb7ZO7yt_8-K3smWyWGhLsymEXtIrx16wSIVYcwSqwgxo5AIMYZAns0E5qeDUA_wXp2hMKoUJa-IpD8p3vDWmP9t-ZoH8sACqMzewbapOKFlwmPRYxYE9/s1600/clody.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ADRA9nf65NpfpreIA_4o3j2kb7ZO7yt_8-K3smWyWGhLsymEXtIrx16wSIVYcwSqwgxo5AIMYZAns0E5qeDUA_wXp2hMKoUJa-IpD8p3vDWmP9t-ZoH8sACqMzewbapOKFlwmPRYxYE9/s320/clody.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535755081921624082" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Figure Study: Clody,</i> graphite, 2008</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ADRA9nf65NpfpreIA_4o3j2kb7ZO7yt_8-K3smWyWGhLsymEXtIrx16wSIVYcwSqwgxo5AIMYZAns0E5qeDUA_wXp2hMKoUJa-IpD8p3vDWmP9t-ZoH8sACqMzewbapOKFlwmPRYxYE9/s1600/clody.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPIkIJuo-Q73CrHfajy8U3J2b4P4mD2EW5PSvX95tC0vBFe2wW1Sna93TZm36lvgxqefYFxcM8E_COJlsLMbDGP9ENR2Ig7UYLLBrh1tKDh4SXMvQs4rl-AL1gOpGalct2t-OTMVfsqiF-/s1600/pear.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPIkIJuo-Q73CrHfajy8U3J2b4P4mD2EW5PSvX95tC0vBFe2wW1Sna93TZm36lvgxqefYFxcM8E_COJlsLMbDGP9ENR2Ig7UYLLBrh1tKDh4SXMvQs4rl-AL1gOpGalct2t-OTMVfsqiF-/s320/pear.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535755075609387282" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pear</i>, oil on panel, 2007</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That should give you a bit of insight into where I'm coming from. Check back for updates on current projects as well and reflections on my pursuits as an artist.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPIkIJuo-Q73CrHfajy8U3J2b4P4mD2EW5PSvX95tC0vBFe2wW1Sna93TZm36lvgxqefYFxcM8E_COJlsLMbDGP9ENR2Ig7UYLLBrh1tKDh4SXMvQs4rl-AL1gOpGalct2t-OTMVfsqiF-/s1600/pear.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332310098539576726noreply@blogger.com0