Q. How long have you
been painting?
A. All my life. I started drawing as a child and
got my first oil painting set for Christmas when my oldest son was four
years old.
Q. How did you learn to paint seascapes?
A. I sought out seascape painters and took classes from
them. Once I learned the basics, I studied the ocean every time I
had an opportunity to go to the beach.
Q. How do you decide what to paint?
A. I paint what I love....what I am excited about!
First and always it is the ocean. Lately, I've been painting a variety
of subjects: street scenes, people, (especially children),
Americana, farmlands and animals, flowers...If it "grabs" me, it
gets painted.
Q.Where and when do you work?
A. I have a terrific loft above my bedroom. It is
quiet and has great light. I usually start my day at eight a.m.,
work until lunch, and back to work at one p.m. By three p.m., I am
"creatively exhausted", so I go to any of the many follow-up tasks that
go along with my career.
Q.How long does it take to do a painting?
A. Depending on the size of the oil canvas, anywhere from
three days to three months, or a year. I always have a blank canvas ready
for the in-between times while waiting for a piece to dry to a certain
degree.
Q. Do you fit your watercolors, gouache and
pastel paintings in those times?
A. Yes. I also take time to paint en plein aire
on location or to demonstrate at public appearances, art fairs and speak
to various art organizations.
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Q.You have a large
selection of limited edition giclee and photolithograph prints.
First, what is a giclee print?
A. Giclee (say: "shee clay " ) is a French word meaning
"to spurt" or "to spray forcefully". It is done on an ink jet printer
with water soluable inks in four colors.
Q.How do you make giclee prints?
A. I have a room in my basement set up with computers,
printers and all the supplies I need to make my own giclee prints.
The process is long and involved: from photographing or scanning
the artwork, to color correcting, stripping, printing and trimming
to signing and packaging them, and finally the distribution of the finished
print.
Q.How many prints do you do?
A. I have available, right now, over 300 different images:
some giclees and some photolithographs. The photolithographs are
done by an outside print shop and I get the entire edition (usually 3000
plus 100 artists proofs) done at one time. The giclees, I do myself
"in house" and can do one at a time as an order comes in.
Q.What is an artists proof?
A. An artists proof (or proofs) is generally 1/10th of
the entire edition. In my case I limit the proofs to only 100 prints.
In the old days, the printer pulled from the machinery approximately every
tenth print to check for color and quality. The artist was on hand
to "proof" these sheets. The accepted policy is that these proofs
are marked A/P by the artist and numbered and given to museums or galleries
or dealers as gifts. Any remaining of the ten percent can be sold
by the artist at his/her discretion.
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