
Copying Velázquez in the National Gallery
A gallery of images + a link to the notes I took before, during and after the experience....

Knight in an Evening Landscape
My second attempt at the National Portrait Gallery competition, which must have been for the 2012 competition. Again rejected. But in retrospect, not my best effort. The portrait of my Dad is a much better painting.
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Copying Velázquez: Philip IV In Studio
Prior to traveling to the National Gallery in London to copy the painting in real life, I did a copy of it from a photograph. Needless to say, I found the colors to be greatly different once I had the real thing in front of me.
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The Temple
Tempio I, 1998Tempio II, 1998Tempio III, 2011Tempio IV, 2011
Tempio I, Oil on PaperTempio II, Oil on PaperTempio III, Water-Soluble Graphite on PaperTempio IV, Water-Soluble Graphite on Paper
One of my favorite places in Rome to paint…
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tja2011-07-26 21:52:532021-04-10 09:48:50A Study of “Hauding”
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tja2011-03-19 11:25:562021-04-10 09:49:18Self-Portrait: Whistler
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tja2010-11-09 23:06:382015-04-04 17:35:12Self-Portrait, 2010
Sundown: Landscapes of Rome and Puglia
Sundown I RomeSundown II RomeSundown III RomeSundown IV Rome(Clouds over Rome, from Life)Collection of T. JonesSundown V Rome Collection of T. JonesSundown VI RomeSundown VII NociSundown VIII NociSundown IX Noci(Clouds Over Noci, from…
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tja2010-07-11 21:53:322017-11-13 08:03:59View from Fara in Sabina
Villas of Rome, Volume I
*Villa Ada: Collection of Joseph and Angela RochlitzVilla BorgheseView of the Circus Maximus*La Caffarella: Private Collection
All paintings made in the Summer of 2010 during a painting workshop entitled "The Villas of Rome - Painting…

View of Paris
A footnote to my stay with Odd: the view of "Paris," his summer studio, as seen at night through the glass door of his winter studio.

Disarm
Of all the paintings made during my three week stay with Odd Nerdrum in his Studio in Norway in January of 2010, this one is the best.