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The so-called "finished product" is a result of many experiences, many experiments and years of study, work.Below are some of the studies that contributed to the imagery that you see in the paintings displayed. At times the image in a notebook parallels what goes on a canvas, but more often only a line or two or a shape will be utilized. Painting is, or should be a cumulative experience; each canvas has within it every other painting or drawing that came before it.The blank canvas is not however a chance to "continue"; each canvas should be a beginning.



Study of a Nude
Pose 111
On a chair
Study of a Nude

Pose 111

On a chair

Conversation
Mandolin
Mondrian
Conversation

Mandolin

Mondrian

Staining
Shapes
New York
Staining

Shapes

New York

Cross Legged
The Fight
Head
Cross Legged

The Fight

Head

Seranade
Kneeling
Manet
Seranade

Kneeling

Manet

Pastel
Self
Cruxifiction
Pastel

Self

Cruxifiction

France
The Restaurant
The Dock
France

The Restaurant

The Dock


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