Showing posts with label meaning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meaning. Show all posts

Monday, February 19, 2007

Peace

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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Final Rigging

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An excerpt from a chapter by the artist in Still-Life in Oils, edited by Theodora Philcox:

Excerpt from this posting:

"...The movement ends with a quiet crescendo of the wave, not noticed at first, in part of a painting by Winslow Homer called 'Weatherbeaten' on the wall behind. Light bounces against the shiny surface of the bow as it slides through the 'water' and the silhouette of the raincoat on the chair continues the movement of the trailing wake that follows behind..."

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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010

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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Keen Sense of the Obvious

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Excerpt from this posting:

"...It is a simple formula: the more one looks and studies art the more one sees..."

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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010

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-Doug Rugh

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Still Life Elements


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From an interview with Doug in Still-Life in Oils by Theodora Philcox:


Excerpt from this posting:

"...I started with a very saturated pthalo green underpainting because I wanted the underlying feeling of that pure but mysterious sea colour to predominate..."

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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010

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-Doug Rugh

Monday, October 16, 2006

Roses and a Stone Wall


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Excerpt from this posting:

"...Like many things that are handmade there is a charm in the way that the artisan's hand is revealed.
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010

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