AN ARTIST'S RESPONSE ( part 6)

 Like most of us, I have been trying to come to terms with this plague
that we are all suffering through....
I do it with paint.



PAINTING IN PROGRESS


STUDIO VISIT

THE GHOST SHIP SETS SAIL

Morning Glories ( in progress)
James Aponovich
Oil on canvas, 12" x 10"

After painting so many roof tiles in the Siena painting I had to give
my eyes a break from Burnt Sienna and Terra Rosa.

 Morning Glories (detail)


Nothing like plunging into Ultramarine and Turquoise.
The composition and basic forms are set, now I paint the
first layer of color trying to coordinate the color composition.
The cloth is going towards red, green or deep blue?

AN ARTIST'S RESPONSE ( part 5)

Like most of us, I have been trying to come to terms with this 

plague that we are all suffering through. 

I do it with paint.

PAINTINGS IN PROGRESS

STUDIO VISIT

Siena Daylilies ( in progress)

James Aponovich

oil on canvas, 30" x 28"

Some artists never show their work until it is completely

finished. Believe me, I have nothing to hide and I think it

may take some of the mystery out of art if you show the

rough spots, indecision's, and miss cues of a painting.

Siena Daylilies ( detail /in progress)

A whole lot of roof tiles.

Basket of Fruit and Vegetables ( in progress)

James Aponovich

oil on canvas, 24" x 22"

The cloth is 'kinda' finished, now I must wait for the

right fruits and vegetables.

 Truth be told, I make them up...

AN ARTIST'S RESPONSE ( Part 4)

Like most of us, I have been trying to come to terms with

this plague that we are all suffering through. 

I do it with paint.

PAINTING IN PROGRESS

THE GHOST SHIP

Morning Glories ( in progress)

James Aponovich

oil on panel, 16" x 12"

On the Mediterranean Sea during the Summer of 1348

it was not uncommon to see ships under full sail aimlessly

floating wherever the wind blew them.

Their crews were all dead....from the Plague.

Try to board and claim salvage? You will certainly join them.

So what does this have to do with a painting?

Morning Glories ( in progress/ detail)

Well to me, there is something a bit ghostly about the beginning

of this painting of Morning Glories. Sometimes if I know

I'll not be able to finish a painting 'in season', I'll sketch the

composition in pale earth colors and wait until next (this)

year for flowers to bloom.

We'll see how it goes.

ARTIST'S RESPONSE Part 3

Like most of us, I have been trying to come to terms

with this plague that we are all suffering through.

PAINTING IN PROGRESS

Siena Daylilies  ( in progress)

James Aponovich

Oil on canvas, 30" x 28"

The entire surface of the canvas is loosely painted.

It is called 'blocked in'.  I will be attempting to  show

the flowers emerging from the shadow into sunlight...Good Luck!

There are two cloths with  a black patterned over a simple white.

Black and white are Siena's colors.

AN ARTIST'S RESPONSE part 2

Like most of us. I've been trying to come to terms with this

plague we are all suffering through.

I try to do it with paint.

PAINTING IN PROGRESS

Basket of Fruit and Vegetables ( in progress)

James Aponovich

Oil on canvas, 26" x 26"

It is very important to establish a solid foundation.

For this painting it means building a strong structure that will carry the

brilliance of the fruit and vegetables. That means paying a lot of

attention to how the basket and cloth are painted against a

dark background. It's been a struggle, but I have the time.

AN ARTIST'S RESPONSE

PAINTING IN PROGRESS

Like most of us, I have been trying to come to terms with this plague we are all

suffering through .

THE UNDER PAINTING

( what lies beneath)

Siena Daylilies  (detail)

James Aponovich

oil on canvas, 30" x 28"

I sketched these 'Elizabeth Salter' daylilies from our garden last
season. They are a personal favorite. I'll finish them this summer when
they bloom again.

I have chosen a cityscape of Siena, Italy. In 1347 everything seemed fine,
they had defeated ( for the first time) their traditional enemy, Florence,
and had commenced building what would be the largest
cathedral in Europe. The nave can still be seen ( upper left).
Then, by 1348 the 'Great Mortality' arrived, we know it as the 'Black Death'.
From a population of 40,000 people only 14,000 survived.
As now, population density was a factor and like now
there was no treatment.

'SONO FINITI'......The Final Paintings of 2019

Still Life with Oranges

James Aponovich

Oil on canvas, 12" x 10"

I started these paintings over the Fall in Panicale. I left a couple there

to finish in the Spring. A day or two after New Year's Day 

these paintings are heading down to the State of Florida ( Palm Beach)

for one of the endless 'Art Fairs'.

( Someone tapes a banana to a wall and it sells for $120,000.)

What a business!

Still Life with Bowl of Berries

James Aponovich

Oil on panel, 10" x 8"

As far as I'm concerned this just about sums it up. I have been

studying Italian Renaissance painting for almost a 

half Century and this little guy says it 'in a nutshell'....

....I think.

R.B.R.V.C.

Renaissance

Based

Radical 

Visual

Conservative 

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