Hi Greg, you are right about horse slavery, and I really don't see free horses galoping in fields  often but I like to imagine them like that and that's the reason why my horses don't have bridles or saddles. I am not  familiar with Fuselli, can you give me more info, I could not find in the web. - I  love your bright  colors, your paintings  I would have in my house to enjoy.        How come  you made your own picture so dark and spooky?        (don't have to answer this). Maria Evangelina

I am still not ready to look into the Ebay thing... I dont make prints of that many of my paintings, and my original paintings are not items I feel comfortable "putting up for auction". I have visited Keemos work listed on ebay and his average price point seems to be under $100.. I dont have any paintings that are under $100. I do have notecards that I sell, prints of original paintings in notecard form and maybe I could see selling those on ebay, but at what point does the time involved in setting up and closing an ebay sale become worth more than the actual sale? Keemo sounds like he has figured out how to maximize his ebay profits although I dont think I am as capable as he is!

I picked up my reframed painting today and in a week I drop off my 4 pieces for the gallery group show.. its a new gallery for me and it will be interesting to see if he sells any of my work. If he does I wont bitch about the next time I have to frame to please him, if he doesnt sell anything I wont do anymore shows with him. It does bug me that he wanted a specific frame but didnt offer to split the cost but I am over it now, blogging is one of my favorite ways to vent.

Robin

p.s. I finished the diptych I was working on and even though I am not able to capture the size and depth of color on a computer monitor I am very pleased with it. Framing that will be a bitch!

HI Gregory,

Thanks for your comments about my work! I think your title would lend itself well to the encaustic medium! If you try it and love it, I suggest learning to make your own paint-you have much more control and ability to experiment with different recipes AND it's a LOT less expensive than buying the ready made encaustic paint cakes. I've never tried the Stockmar crayons that you mentioned, I'll have to look it up...

Oh, and to answer your question about the torch-yes, I use the torch but mostly to fuse the layers of wax (required whether you use a torch or iron or heat gun or?). Occasionally I will hold the torch longer to force the colors to merge, but I find that building up many layers and then scraping it down also creates many interesting variations that are sometimes pleasantly unexpected. And I just noticed that you are on the east coast...there is an encaustic conference in MA I believe in June so you may be interested in checking that out  at ...http://www.montserratencausticconference.blogspot.com/

Amy 

The capitalist always speaks it's mind doesn't it? Only one way to fix that...get out that paint brush.

You're in luck - partly sunny and low 80's in Tampa on Saturday. That should warm you up well enough. Enjoy!

Thanks for the comment on my work. Funny you mention my wide range...I've been struggling for quite some time trying to figure out what my title is/should be and wasted a lot of time not doing anything in the process and developed a severe case of artist's block. Not wanting to waste any more time, I have come and to the conclusion that I don't have a title right now and that is ok. I'll just keep doing whatever comes out and see where it takes me. If a title evolves, then great, I'll finally be able to call my work something specific. If not, great again, I'll just be a chameleon. It definitely keeps things interesting. I don't market my work at shows or galleries so I don't have to worry about how I look in the public's eyes. And I'm able to go just about any direction a customer would want. It's not a bad position to be in : ) 

Your work is great - I especially like Valley. See you around!

hello...thanks for noticing my work. i've looked at yours before and really liked the Franz Marc like piece, REd Bull, Yellow Cow. i love your use of angles, distortion of shape, line, change of points of view.  Artland Field is another one i like.  yes, i know Wolf Kahn's work and have heard the comparison before.  (i've always painted this way)  the piece you liked is 12 x 18 (raymar panel).  our work would look good together in a show ....maybe we can do that someday.

mary ann

Thanks!

Normally yes, you would need a plate for each color.  In the 50's Picasso came up with a way where you just use one plate and cut away after each run through the press.

Eric