John Gascot

John Gascot paints with a  sensitivity towards the female form and to color and composition. This painting to the left, titled “Soulful Warrior” ingeniously combines humor, simplicity and concept. I love how the main figure appears to be a hand puppet, and...

The Great Wave

The painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, Or “Great Wave” can now be viewed at the Freer Sackler Galleries  in Washington Dc. To see this iconic work in person is fun. The painting is small, maybe 10 inches high, and part of a series of watercolor...

Painting at home

I am painting in my home studio these days, as my house is being renovated. I opened up my windows, placed my heated palate next to a window, installed fans, and began working.  I have company these days, as my black cat loves to sit in one window .  To make him more...

SUPRASENSORIAL

  Suprasensorial, at the Hirshorn Museum of  Art, opened February 23, 2012 and runs to May 13, 2012. Don’t miss the fun! As a viewer, one gets to walk through great spaces: one filled with plastic blue vines (see below), one with green and pink lights in a...

Show Opening

My opening reception for the show “Iron Jawed Angels” was last night. Thank you to all my friends who drove out to Lorton Virginia to see my work. I brought to the reception foods that the Suffragists ate when they were imprisoned here : pea soup,...

Iron Jawed Paintings

Please come see my show titled “Iron Jawed Paintings”, at the Workhouse Center for the Arts in Lorton Virginia. The show runs from March 7th to April 8th and the opening reception is on March 10, from 6-9pm. The painting to the left is titled...