WORK ON PAPER

I am dribbling out for sale my cache of historic and current alkyd and oil sketches on paper. There are many of them, and I will release them over time in groups as they are cataloged and made presentable.

They are offered unframed or framed in a simple black artisan frame with acid free white matte and backing under glass. Shipping to locations within the United States will be included in the price. International shipping will require an estimate prior to purchase, and we will add any additional expense to the bill.

These small 4 x 6" and 6 x 6" oil and alkyd on cold press paper are the product of various studio practices that both familiarize me with a painting composition that I wanted to do, and have also served as a ritual of practice, much like scales on an instrument or vocal warm-ups for singers.

The past couple of years while dealing with family issues, I was unable to do much in the studio. Many of these were my attempt to bring myself back to some measure of competency by practicing over and over the elements of simple rendering and color with these small pieces.

The technique on these is completely different than the layered and glazed process I use on the regular panel paintings. These are mostly done in one sitting, in much the same way as plein air is done. Wet in wet, no over-glazing. They give me a very good idea of how the abstract components will relate to each other very quickly. They are also in a square format, because the little blocks of watercolor paper I had were that size or an even longer rectangle than I would want. Many were ideas that became paintings, and some never did, making them unique.

The ones I have picked out are in various states of development, some very sketchy, some much more finished. I have taken a lot of them and added paint here and there to bring some to a higher level of finish before putting them up. I still have a sizable box of them, and it will take time to sort through and process all of them.

-- Marc