#magicrealism

Linda H. Post

Jun 10, 20191 min read

A Successful Show, Extended!

My latest exhibit, "The Willing Suspension of Disbelief", opened on April 25 in the big, sunlit upstairs gallery space at R. Michelson...

Linda H. Post

Jan 6, 20191 min read

Stretch Time

When I get to this point in a painting, it's time for me to decide where the boundaries of the finished painting will be. Since the...

Linda H. Post

Nov 11, 20181 min read

A Willing Suspension of Disbelief

This painting has been fleshing itself out (seriously, I've been working on some of the flesh) and I now have a working title. It's "A...

Linda H. Post

Sep 29, 20181 min read

Fire and Sky

The sky is still red. In order to create the sky-blue-pink I see in my head, it's important to work on everything that juxtaposes it....

Linda H. Post

Jul 11, 20181 min read

Musing on Muses

I often come back to the same models when I think about a new painting. (Not the birds. I always choose new birds.) After quite some time...

Linda H. Post

Jul 14, 20171 min read

Bearing Gifts

I started thinking about this painting - actually, dreaming it - last winter, in January. I didn't draw it onto canvas until almost May....

Linda H. Post

May 7, 20171 min read

A Small Start

It's time for a breather. I've been working on big projects for the past few years, paintings that can take a year to complete. The most...

Linda H. Post

Mar 14, 20172 min read

Glowing Red

Nothing ever goes exactly the way you plan it. It is SUCH a large painting, difficult to measure accurately, and eventually we had to take t

Linda H. Post

Dec 3, 20161 min read

Light

The light is mysterious in this painting. Perhaps that's because I originally planned a brilliant blue sky. The deep red has a presence