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Fan Brush

Monday, February 21, 2011

These brushes, with their bristles splayed out in the shape of an unfurled hand fan, are used by both makeup artists and oil painters.  With makeup, they’re often used to blend powders and eyeshadows, or to gently remove fallen eye shadow from the cheeks.  Oil painters generally use them dry, flicking them crosswise across still-workable [...]

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Forces in Black and White

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Drawing with ink and brush is more like ice skating than it is like walking.  The lack of friction frees the movement to express the bliss of bodily momentum, making great looping explorations of space.  Smaller strokes can zigzag or oscillate.  If you think of the large flowing lines as low frequencies and the small [...]

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Synapse Opens September 2

Thursday, August 26, 2010

SYNAPSE, a group exhibition curated by Anthony Troncale 2/20 Gallery 220 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 212-807-8348 September 2 – 16,  2010. Opening reception: Thurs., Sept. 2, 6:00 – 9:00pm rsvp:  atroncale@yahoo.com Artists included in the exhibition: Dan Leo David Schafer Eric Olson Marilyn McLaren Michelle Beshaw Josh Gura Anthony Troncale Bill Eldred, [...]

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Movement Multiples

Sunday, July 18, 2010

In the late 1990′s, an important focus of my drawing practice was capturing the energy of moving figures through expressive line.  This week’s post is a selection of drawings from 1997 through 1999.  All of these feature multiple renderings of the same pose in different positions.  It was my attempt to introduce the dimension of [...]

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Dancing Brush

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Drawing with ink and brush has a fluidity that captures the energy of motion.  The brush is sensitive to the slightest variations in pressure, rendering lines that have varying weight and dimension.  I have long favored this medium for movement drawing, where there is no time to develop the image through shading, color and details.  [...]

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