Politics for art’s sake

In light of the most recent story about Randy Leonard’s spending scandal and other outrageous happenings in our democracy, I can’t help myself: I have to comment.

Classic.

It turns out that the classical look isn’t actually classical. 

When my work is like a steakhouse dinner…

Portland City Commissioner Randy Leonard and his portrait are back in the news today, this time with reporting by Steve Law of the Portland Tribune.

Legos and cupcakes and crayons, o my!

Making portraits in paint on canvas is less than hip these days, but photography isn’t to blame this time around.  Herb William’s crayon portraiture (not made with crayons on paper but made from the little wax sticks themselves) is just one of the many new forms of this old genre. 

My father’s world

I learned a lot about art from my father.  That’s a little unusual if you consider that he is a retired civil engineer, but what he’s taught me doesn’t have anything to do with the finer points of making artwork.  His wisdom is all on the appreciation end of art, and, since I can remember, my papa has loved Andrew Wyeth’s work. 

Shepherding in a new era

This copycat poster using the French President’s likeness proves that Los Angeles artist Shepard Fairey’s iconic image of Barack Obama makes waves in the real world as well as in the art world.

Visiting my childhood…

This is Bubry, France.  It’s the reason why I made Apple Pie.

“Welcome to my hanging.”

There’s a scandal going on in Washington, and, for once, it’s got something to do with art!  When George W Bush unveiled his White House portrait recently, the President’s painted likeness was just the latest in a string of overpriced official portraits. 

Buying my work should qualify as an “official duty.”

While I was away last month, this portrait of Commissioner Randy Leonard apparently got itself into a bit of trouble.  Reporting by Nick Budnick of the Portland Tribune.

Making it up as I go along

It’s the only way I know how to paint, but I’d forgotten until recently that it’s the only way to live too.

Walkabout

The setting: Bubry, France.  A village in Brittany with a population of 2500 and an open air market every second and fourth Wednesday for the last 400 years.  The characters: three representatives of three generations of Breton women, each with strikingly similar noses and eyes.

Liberty, equality, and homeland security.

Everything I know about patriotism, I learned in grade school making handprint turkeys in late November. 

 

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