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Part of the Process

Jul 11
1 min

Hand Over Hand

There are seven hands to paint in this mural-sized "parade of hope and feathers". I've written about hands before. I have always consider...

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Linda H. Post

Jun 23
1 min

Filling in the Blanks

I usually have a fairly clear image in my head of where I want a painting to go. Of course, there are days when I stand in front of the c...

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Linda H. Post

Jun 7
1 min

Stripes and Dots and Blue Skies Forever

In my last post, I wrote about the architecture of a painting - and specifically the very complicated Victorian gazebo that anchors the r...

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Linda H. Post

May 10
1 min

The Architecture of Painting

Painting people is what I love. The architecture of the painting is what makes them real. As much as I want to get deep into the flesh, m...

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Linda H. Post

Apr 7
1 min

Another Time, Another Place

Each of the characters in this painting has at least one bird companion. From a pink flamingo, a feathered mask, a seagull ruffled by the...

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Linda H. Post

Feb 9
1 min

The Birds Are Coming

The underpainting is so important. The interesting part is that what you're painting isn't quite the vision in your head. It is basically...

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Linda H. Post

Sep 15, 2019
1 min

Hope & Feathers, on Parade

It's always exciting to begin a new painting. Solidifying the concept can often take months. This new one combines many of the ideas, fig...

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Linda H. Post

Aug 31, 2019
1 min

How To Complete A Painting

Remember the unfinished painting that my solo exhibit at R. Michelson Galleries, The Willing Suspension of Disbelief, was organized aroun...

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Linda H. Post

Jun 10, 2019
1 min

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 Ga...

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Linda H. Post

Apr 22, 2019
1 min

Show!

April 25 - May 15. A solo show highlighting the new painting, "The Willing Suspension of Disbelief", plus a selection of work from the se...

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Linda H. Post

Mar 31, 2019
1 min

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 Suspen...

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Linda H. Post

Mar 18, 2019
1 min

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 star...

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Linda H. Post

Jan 6, 2019
1 min

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 canva...

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Linda H. Post

Nov 11, 2018
1 min

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 Wi...

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Linda H. Post

Sep 29, 2018
1 min

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. Th...

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Linda H. Post

Jul 11, 2018
1 min

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, 2017
1 min

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, 2017
1 min

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 piec...

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Linda H. Post

May 7, 2017
1 min

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, 2017
2 min

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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