I interviewed Vincent van Gogh š³
I interviewed Vincent van Gogh Did that really just happen?
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Behind the Scene: Aborting a Portrait Commission
Walter Benjamin, oil on linen, 48″X42″, 2020 Behind the Scene: Aborting a Portrait CommissionToday, I feel like shit. I learned yesterday that the portrait of Walter Benjamin Iāve been painting is being refused by the people who commissioned it.
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INTERVIEW: L’Artis Magazine
ā INTERVIEW: L’Artis MagazineA few weeks ago, I was visited in my studio by the people behind LāArtis magazine.
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Martin Luther King Jr. ā An Antidote for Hate
Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King (diptych), oil on linen, 60″ X 144″, 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. ā An Antidote for HateThis week, I found myself asking myself: if art had an antidote for hate, what would it be? As always, I thought of Martin Luther King Jr.
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United in Portraiture ā A Love Story
Georgia OāKeeffe / Alfred Stieglitz, oil on linen, 30″X24″ each, 2019/2018 United in Portraiture ā A Love StoryThe diptych that reinforced my belief in the profound link between romance and portraiture.
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A Letter to My Favorite Contemporary Composer, John Adams
John Adams, oil on linen, 42X48″, 2018 A Letter to My Favorite Contemporary Composer, John AdamsPainting American composer John Adams was an intensely personal experience for me. Here’s the letter I sent Adams to express my love for his work.
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Fluo Colors – The Secret Behind the Vibrancy of My Upcoming Paintings
[In Progress] Clara and Robert Schumann, 2019 Fluo Colors – The Secret Behind the Vibrancy of My Upcoming PaintingsLately, I’ve been dabbling in fluo color washes. As a painter known for my very toned-down palette, it may seem like a radical shift. Itās not.
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The Animal That Therefore I Am: Jacques Derrida and His Cat
Jacques Derrida, oil on linen, 24X20″, 2017 | Cat, oil on linen, 24X20″, 2017 The Animal That Therefore I Am: Jacques Derrida and His CatWe are who we think we are. But we are also who other people think we are.
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“Dear Painters”: My Love Letter to Quebec Artists
Marc SeĢguin, oil on linen, 16×32″, 2018 “Dear Painters”: My Love Letter to Quebec ArtistsThe story behind a 2018 series I painted in tribute to the Quebec artists who shaped me ā Marc SeĢguin, Charles Daudelin (sculptor), Betty Goodwin, Marcel Barbeau, and more.
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7 Reece Mews: Meeting a Pantheon of Painters in Francis Bacon’s Studio
7 Reece Mews (CĆ©zanne, Francis Bacon, Giacometti and Rembrandt), oil on linen, 67āX91ā, 2017 7 Reece Mews: A Mystical Meeting of Painters in Francis Bacon’s StudioIn this transcendent scene, I visit Francis Bacon’s studio to look in on an imagined meeting between a pantheon of familiar faces.
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