Posts

Chiaroscuro

Image
 Chiaroscuro  Here's a chiaroscuro painting  October Gold  as we enter autumn.    Another chiaroscuro painting is "Ryan Alone," based on my snapshots while he was performing at the Queen in Wilmington.  The master of chiaroscuro was Caravaggio, the 16-17th century Italian artist, a hotheaded brawler and murderer.    

Painting Monograms: 2

Image
Painting Monograms: 2   Some older painting monograms, clockwise from upper left: Poe Meets Dickens,  influenced by 19th century book covers; Equus,  echoing classical Greco/Roman art; my generic monogram, stamped with a hand carved rubber eraser; Fortuna,  on a Venetian architectural view.    

Painting Monograms: 1

Image
 Painting Monograms Most of my paintings are signed with only initials or a monogram.   In my most recent paintings this summer I have incorporated a signature monogram as an element of the painting. In  Sydney's Service  the monogram is her logo on her laptop. In  In My Library  a book themed monogram is on the cover of the book I am holding. The nameplate "RoMiWa" on the sailboat in Bowsprit   is my signature.      

Bowsprit

Image
  Bowsprit Bowsprit  is the third of the paintings I did last week.  It is acrylic on canvas, 14 x 11 inches.  The sailboat is loosely based on the skipjack  Martha Lewis , which berths in Havre de Grace.  

"In My Library"

Image
  In My Library  In my Library  (acrylic on canvas)  is an imaginary self-portrait in front of one of my library doors.  At 18 x 24 inches it is approximately 3/4 life size. Here's an earlier self portrait,  Figments , from a couple of decades past.      

Sydney's Service

Image
  Sydney's Service A few days before the 1960 election I was a volunteer usher at at a John F. Kennedy speech and rally at San Francisco's Cow Palace convention center. In his speech Kennedy announced his plan for the Peace Corps.  At the end of the event I salvaged two Kennedy campaign posters adorning the walls.  Years later our granddaughter Sydney served three years in service in the Peace Corps.  When she returned I gave her one of the posters with a note recording its provenance. Earlier this week I did a painting imagining Sydney with the framed poster behind her.  The logo on her laptop is my signature monogram.  

A Walk in the Park

Image
   A Walk in the Park A Walk in the Park  looks under the Van  Buren Street Bridge in Wilmington's Brandywine Park.  Acrylic and pastel on canvas, completed yesterday.