Sunday Sketchbook: Father's Day

My father was an artist as well as a community organizer, and he was always encouraging of my efforts to learn to draw, and willing to have his naps closely observed by me and my sketchbook.

Road, Autumn (first stage)

The steps to a completed painting are records of both process and time, of addition, disappearance, confidence overtaken by questions, and, finally, a need for some kind of a completion (that's is always a bit of a compromise).

Field, Autumn (first stage)

I'm beginning the Element paintings with a drawing on a toned panel--having to manage shapes, values and color at the same time would be too far a jump without a parachute.