Pansy / Pensée

I’ve always loved how the English word for the flower comes from the French one, “pensée,” which, in a pretty piece of poetry, is also the French word for “thought.”  Je trouve ça beau que la fleur soit nommée pour ce qui nous passe par la tête.

You Bag / Comment traduire?

My You Bags are some of my favorite kind of work, especially when David’s face is on the tote and the bag is for me!  You Bag se traduit littéralement par «Vous Sac» et ça n’a pas du tout le même sense.  L’effet est complètement perdu dans la traduction.

The challenge / Le défi

There’s nothing quite like a painting that’s as big as my studio to teach me a thing or two about how I paint.  Ce tableau est aussi grand que mon atelier, et il va me réapprendre comment peindre.

Being in on the surprise

While I love the idea of helping clients create a surprise gift for a loved one, my way of working doesn’t always allow me to do so.

Finishing a painting / Finir un tableau

This is my first bilingual vlog.  Ceci est mon premier vidéoblog en anglais et en français.

Sympathetic magic

In this vlog, I talk about sympathetic magic not as a supernatural phenomenon, but as a concept that reveals what’s special about portraiture.

Painting a frontal portrait

This is my very first video blog and it’s about painting a frontal portrait.

Art abhors a vacuum.

It’s impossible to create something from nothing.

Matched paintings

A diptych is a pair of matched compositions, but also a pair of paintings that help to paint each other.

Subjectively Bend

Subjective is up in central Oregon for another week.

The Seemel twins

My brother and I are not twins, but, ever since we’ve been old enough to make the three years between us less conspicuous, people have assumed that we are.

Painting portraits from photos

I work from photographs I take myself in order to make my paintings, but, depending on the kind of portrait I intend to make, the photo shoot varies.

 

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