And here's the finished work- Vanitas II,  28" x 36".  More on this work and the series to which it belongs in previous posts below.

Started work on another piece in my series treating containers as literal and figurative vessels into which my time and attention are poured. This is the second to-go box. Other than their nice clean lines, I like how these containers speak to notions of transience and ephemera- two elements tightly bound up in the perceptual painting experience. The model is perched in the upper left.

And here, finally, is the finished painting- "Lightning Rod: Distillation II". This is the latest in my series of works dealing with the perceptual painting process and the second taking a honey bear as its subject. There's an element of camouflage or displacement in honey bears that speaks to the visual bait-and-switch of representational painting. Honey, like oil paint, is a luminous preservative. After spending two months of my life abiding with this object I can state with certainty that  real bodily experience has been distilled into this work.  More on this series and on perceptual painting in previous posts below-

In keeping with my recent work dealing with the perceptual painting process, I've begun work on another container, a literal and figurative vessel into which to pour my time and attention. This is my second honey bear painting- pics and thoughts related to this subject can be viewed in the post related to that first painting, 'Distillation', below. This new bear is a bit bigger. I expect that it will absorb no small amount of my time, but it's nice to have the opportunity to get a little more luscious with the paint. Here's an earlier state:

Graduated from the Lesley University College of Art And Design's MFA program. It has been a challenging two years, but very much worth the effort. Thankful, and feeling very enriched by my interactions with the faculty and my fellow students.

     
 Finally finished Distillation, my little totem to perceptual painting. There's more about the thinking behind this work in the previous post below.

                                                                               On site...

                                                          and a bit earlier in the process.

                              Here's the underpainting of a new one I've started. I've written about paintings being containers of experience a lot lately. This honeybear embodies a number of those issues. The honey it contains is a distillation of  sunlight, nectar, and the time and effort of bees. The light from my studio window and lamps reflects and filters through the bear, figuring another kind of distillation.    Like the honeybear, the finished painting will represent a packaged distillation of time, energy, and sunlight. The dimensions are again 12"x12",  denoting one square foot of realization.