How To Complete A Painting
Remember the unfinished painting that my solo exhibit at R. Michelson Galleries, The Willing Suspension of Disbelief, was organized...
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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...
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Linda H. Post
Apr 22, 20191 min read
Show!
April 25 - May 15. A solo show highlighting the new painting, "The Willing Suspension of Disbelief", plus a selection of work from the...
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Linda H. Post
Mar 31, 20191 min read
Sky Blue Pink, Redux
Sometimes less is more, and that was my thought about all the pink/ alizarin crimson/ cadmium tones in this painting, "The Willing...
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Linda H. Post
Mar 18, 20191 min read
It's All in the Details
I think of spring as a time of renewal, don't you? This painting has been on my wall for quite some time. I want to take it down and...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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....
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Linda H. Post
Jun 28, 20171 min read
A Raven Bearing Gifts
In my last post, I wrote about the raven in this painting. It's been interesting giving personality to seagulls in many of my recent...
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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...
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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
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Linda H. Post
Jan 15, 20171 min read
Off the Wall
This painting is ready to come off the wall. It looks like it will be about 6 1/2 feet by 7 1/2 feet. Once the final dimensions are...
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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
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Linda H. Post
Oct 23, 20161 min read
Still Untitled
It's been a while since I've posted about this painting, and quite a bit has changed. I'm past the beginning and well into the middle of...
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Linda H. Post
Sep 11, 20161 min read
Break for a Show
Monotypes! A show of my monotypes will be on display on the main floor of R. Michelson Galleries, 132 Main Street, in Northampton, MA for...
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Linda H. Post
Aug 2, 20161 min read
Seeing Red
So busy this summer, hard to find enough studio time. As I wander in and out (one of the best parts of having a studio attached to your...
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Linda H. Post
Jul 4, 20161 min read
The Seagull vs. the Figures
The seagull in this painting is 16" tall. I like the composition of the two girls and the bird in the foreground - they all have pretty...
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Linda H. Post
May 8, 20161 min read
Losing the White
Faces are my favorite subject to paint. I treated myself this week to both faces - and threw in a start on the flying seagulls too. I'm...
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