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Dear Subscribers,
Greetings!
Brace yourself. This is going to be a loooong newsletter. Might as well
make some coffee while you wait for all the pictures to load.
Seriously... depending on your internet speed you might even have time
to bake muffins too.
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I was recently a guest on John Dalton's excellent podcast. He asked
some great questions and it was an enjoyable chat. Check out Episode 53
- The Art of Now with David Cheifetz on his website
or subscribe in iTunes
!
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The opening reception for my 3-Person Exhibition at Gallery 1261 was
awesome! To those who were able to come out, Thank you so much.
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The show catalog was rather sexy. The gallery is still selling it HERE.
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As promised in my instagram post, here below are the progress photos
for the two largest figure paintings in the show.
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Here are the progress photos for "Angel of Creation" (40x30):
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When working this large it always surprises me how much time and paint
is required to fill the panel.
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Working with larger brushes to make progress. (Filbert bristles)
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Feeling out the background. Searching. I know I want an ethereal
feel... misty.. ghostly.
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Refining all over.
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Wings start to take shape. Keeping them high key. Scaling up from
normal size bird references, amalgamating into something convincing. An
interesting challenge.
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Finally, the flrrbl enters.
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And the finish:
Angel Of Creation
Angel Of Creation
It was so awesome to see this in the gallery, in well-lit glory, hung
in a place of honor on the central wall. Very satisfying.
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And here are the progress photos for "Pillar Infinite" (36x18):
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These beginning stages can be a lot of fun.
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Some of the thickest paint I've ever applied with a brush. Lots of
straight paint in here without medium.
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Refining all over.
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Searching for the background.
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And the finish:
Pillar Infinite
Pillar Infinite
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Two awesome workshops in May: One in Denver at Gallery 1261 and one in
Lindale Texas at Maureen Killaby's school, yet again!
First, Denver. Here is the back room in the gallery, normally used as
secondary hanging space:
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Early in the morning, just me and the cat. I was accepted as a
non-threat and treat-giver:
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Physical setup for the first demo:
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This was a knife demo. First stages:
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And the finish:
Q (Demonstration)
Q (Demonstration)
Here is the setup for the second demo. This one all brushes:
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Halfway:
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And the finish!:
Redder (Demonstration)
Redder (Demonstration)
Next, Lindale Texas at Maureen Killaby's School! Maureen and I have
done this a bunch of times.
Here is the setup for the first demo (knife):
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Creating focus. Full contrast and color versus high-key and desaturated.
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Concentration face:
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Followed by not-concentration face. Doug making me giggle, apparently.
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Knife texture.
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And the finish:
Ghost Brother (Demonstration)
Ghost Brother (Demonstration)
And here is the setup for the second demo (brushes):
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Hey, that's a hell of a crisp shape-of-shadow block-in. Good job me.
I'm pleased with my past self.
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Focus on the mango.
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And the finish:
Wizard (Demonstration)
Wizard (Demonstration)
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NEXT WORKSHOP
I'm cutting back a bit on workshops and travel these days so there are
currently only 2 scheduled. The next one is:
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Still Life Composition and Painting with Knife and Brush
August 23-26 (4 days)
$600
And as with all my workshops, this is limited to 10 students max.
REGISTER
New testimonial from the Denver workshop:
"Outstanding workshop. David is as gifted a teacher as he is an artist.
If he wasn't demoing he was circulating and giving one on one guidance
to each student the entire time. Very patient. Very helpful. One
student had been to 15 workshops (all very well known artists) and said
this one was easily the best. Enough said." -Lee Schafer.
Thanks Lee! :)
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New painting!
Stages:
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Very loose start. How liberating.
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More and more my painting process has become a journey of exploration.
Searching, testing, trying to find the way.
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Notice I changed the shadow colors in the face to blue. You don't know
until you try. That's the beauty of such a forgiving medium.
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It started as wings...then something else came to me.
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And below is the finished painting, "Heartstrings" (12x16, $2700),
debuting in Figurative II at Gallery 1261
June 17th.
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Figurative II
June 17th
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"Heartstrings"
Some details:
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JUST SOLD
Dream Of The Demon
Dream Of The Demon
Grapehead
Grapehead
Riddles in Darkness
Riddles in Darkness
A Quest For Gold
A Quest For Gold
Valley of Shadow
Valley of Shadow
Pillar Infinite
Pillar Infinite
What You See
What You See
Blind
Blind
A Moment Of Silence
A Moment Of Silence
Higher
Higher
Q (Demonstration)
Q (Demonstration)
Redder (Demonstration)
Redder (Demonstration)
Ghost Brother (Demonstration)
Ghost Brother (Demonstration)
Wizard (Demonstration)
Wizard (Demonstration)
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See you in a month (Sunday July 3)! -David
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