Entries by tja
Self-Portrait at Age 42: A Caravaggio Palette
This is a self-portrait that I did during the course Caravaggio Part I: Flesh Illuminated. It centered on a palette made exclusively of the following Williamsburg paints: Canton Rose; Italian Lemon Ochre; Italian Black Roman Earth; Italian Pompeii Red.
The Eternal Development of a Painter’s Website
Updated: October 14th, 2014 Time again for a change. Long overdue for an update with new work. Embarrassingly overdue in transferring all content from the old website (circa 2009) to this one. Target date: January 1, 2015! Updated: May 22nd, 2014 Partly bored, mostly tired of having to completely re-learn a custom theme in order to […]
Three Self-Portraits: Three Ways to Paint
Control your edges to find the air.
Cleopatra
The time that passed from start to finish was almost a year, but the actual time it took to complete was about 5 sittings of two hours each, the last of which was just me before the mirror.
Copying Velázquez in the National Gallery
A gallery of images + a link to the notes I took before, during and after the experience….
Water and Graphite, Volume I
My experiments with water-soluble graphite in 2011 were a joyful surprise…
Knight in an Evening Landscape
My second attempt at the National Portrait Gallery competition, which must have been for the 2012 competition. Again rejected. But in retrospect, not my best effort. The portrait of my Dad is a much better painting. Here is a video on the evolution of the painting:
Copying Velázquez: Philip IV In Studio
Prior to traveling to the National Gallery in London to copy the painting in real life, I did a copy of it from a photograph. Needless to say, I found the colors to be greatly different once I had the real thing in front of me.
News
Together We Art: an Upcoming Exhibition and Silent Auction for the Life Project 4 YouthOctober 9, 2022 - 4:39 pm
Painting the Portrait in Oil from Life at The American University of RomeOctober 5, 2022 - 8:59 pm
Induction into the Woodford County Public Schools Hall of FameOctober 4, 2022 - 7:24 pm
In the Studio, June 2022September 9, 2022 - 8:44 pm
“The Cabinetmaker” on Display at the MEAM Museum in BarcelonaAugust 1, 2021 - 8:43 pm
Recent Work
Late Morning Light in Villa BorgheseSeptember 9, 2022 - 8:49 pm
Poppy Field on the Outskirts of RomeSeptember 9, 2022 - 8:38 pm
Portrait of Anne N.December 2, 2021 - 9:16 pm
The Portrait of M. O.September 12, 2021 - 11:58 am
Zia RossanaAugust 23, 2021 - 1:05 pm
Portrait of Angela L.August 22, 2021 - 9:43 am
The NightstandFebruary 24, 2021 - 8:25 am
PADASOR
- Welcome to PADASOR – A Video Tour May 22, 2026
- Michael Harding comes to PADASOR! September 22, 2025
- Courses Announced for Fall 2025 August 26, 2025
- The PADASOR 2025 Exhibition June 2, 2025
- Courses Announced for Spring 2025 January 14, 2025
pLog
- “To Excel the Past…” May 15, 2024
- “Last Words” on Painting March 27, 2024
- Trans Oxides vs. Siennas January 29, 2024
- The Flat Tint January 28, 2024
- Yarn Weaving October 12, 2023
- pLog Pith XVIII November 6, 2022