Post Final Critique

Well the Spring semester is complete. It has been for me, an unprecedented period of achievement in which my objective was to build upon the new direction of my work begun last semester along with establishing what seems to me to be a somewhat individual style and technique. I believe the cornerstone has been established for constructing a real artist statement grounded in ancient symbology representing spiritual wholeness. Much on this has been written by Carl Jung. I hope that you enjoy my paintings. Here is a improvised studio picture under natural light which is much too harsh. These paintings were created to live in a world of candlelight, at the very least a room with a dimmer control.

Friday Night

Evaluating the semester's work and determining just how much work still needs to be done before the final critique.

Early May

It is Wednesday the week before our final critique. While I am not completely satisfied with calling my three paintings complete, I can say that they are so very close to completion that I must be wary of overpainting. Today was the last day we had Elizabeth as our model. I regret not painting her, but this current series took my complete attention. I spoke to her after class about painting her over the summer, she is interested so maybe if some other students are also interested we can pool our funds and do more figure painting over the summer.