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In 1980, I purchased Robert Vickrey’s book Robert Vickrey Artist at Work. It was a book about advanced techniques in egg tempera with step by step demonstrations. I mostly purchased the book for all the exhibits of beautiful paintings. I … Continue reading

Whether I paint on board, linen, or canvas I prime my substrate with four sanded smooth coats of gesso. I then make a preliminary pencil drawing on tracing paper and transfer it to the substrate. I attempted to paint this … Continue reading

George Tooker (recipient of the National Medal of Arts award in 2007) painted in a genre that was not quite clear to some people.  The best way to describe it is surreal realism.  It isn’t melted clocks in a desert … Continue reading