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I do still life studies on the rare occasion I feel like painting after dinner, but don't want to drive to my studio (5 min. away). I rummage through my fridge and find a fruit or a vegetable, and off I go!     Until recently, I've never shown my still life paintings. They've always been just studies for study's sake, much like my scribbles in my sketchbooks. I don't do anything complicated. Just a piece of fruit or two, directly lit by an ordinary desk lamp.     But I find these studies very valuable. Painting from observation at point blank range (I'm [...]

So the cityscape demo in Berkeley went really well! I was relieved to see that lots of people came to see the demo - Thank you very much! - it was standing room only. One can never tell if the room will be full or empty for something like this, so I was very glad that so many came out to see me do this thing. It also meant that the pressure was on! But it went pretty smoothly, and I think I did a decent painting in about an hour and 45 minutes, talking the entire time. [...]