I still feel like a beginner, even after a lifetime of painting. That’s the wonderful thing about art-making—each blank canvas offers the opportunity to rebuild your world anew. How many job descriptions offer that?
I grew up in rural northeast Oregon and started drawing and painting when very young. I’ve painted large murals all over the country, illustrated books, taught workshops and exhibited in galleries and museums. My art has traveled down two seemingly disparate but parallel paths: one more traditionally realist and the other more abstract. Sometimes they overlap.
Welcome to my daily painting blog.
Here's the deal: most everyday I trek out into the wilds of the woods, or maybe the wilds of my studio to complete a new small painting, usually oil on gessoed hardboard, 5 x 7 or 6 x 6 inches in size. Then I take a picture of it, close my eyes, cross my fingers and push the button that posts it on this blog, floating out into the virtual world.
If you see it, like it, think you might want to own it, send an email to don@dailyartwest.com and I'll send you a PayPal invoice. You can pay with credit or debit card, or with a PayPal account. (Please note: You do not have to be a Paypal member to purchase. )
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2 comments:
I can only guess at the meaning of the word 'riff'. Sorry to ask, but please elaborate. Thanks.
I'll try, Mary. I think the word comes out of jazz music, referring to repeated variations on a single theme. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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