Sunday, March 30, 2014

Final Touches

One week until I install my solo show! I'm putting the finishing touches on the Gray Noise series. Some of these paintings will still be wet when I hang them. Here are a few studio photos from the last few painting sessions. 





Documentation of Chicago MFA Thesis Work









Sunday, March 16, 2014

Studio, March

Getting ready for the group show!


Building boxes...


...wrapping paintings in miles and miles of bubble wrap...


...using scraps to build cardboard corners...


studio table


Bonus round - detail of a new painting - oil on canvas, 30"x30"

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Visual Inspiration and Paint Chips


One of my best students from last semester has started a blog. She has some very inspiring things on there! Check it out here: http://www.haleystralka.com/blog/

In other news, I dismantled a few old paintings recently to reuse the stretcher bars. Moral of the story: always work fat over lean in oils. Otherwise whole layers of paint flake right off. I desperately want to make a new painting about this pile of paint bits... but that will probably have to wait until after my thesis shows. Stay tuned for exciting new paintings, coming soon! :)