“Self Portrait, Office Hours” 48 × 36 inches, Oil on canvas
This is a handmade, original work of art NOT A PRINT and NOT AI GENERATED
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I absolutely love learning and the exchange that happens with students. I learn from them too. Teaching has also been bittersweet. Like a romantic relationship, the hopes and expectations I bring to it don’t always match the experience. In this painting from my “Self Directed” series, I’m thinking about what it means to keep investing myself in that exchange.
Term papers are a type of letter. Some are phoned in. Others become passionate expressions of experience, exploration, and affection. After conceiving of these drawings and paintings, I read Christopher Isherwood’s “A Single Man.” The novel wasn’t the inspiration for them, but it exceeded my expectations and connected me to an experience I think many teachers and professors recognize. It reminded me of what I hope can happen when I sit down to read someone else’s words.
I give myself only about a quarter of the composition, maybe less, as a way of expressing my place in the academic world. I’m seated low on the left, surrounded by the desk, doorway, bulletin board, books, and papers. The cool blues of my shirt and the space behind me meet the warmer colors of the desk and bulletin board. The room takes up so much of the painting that the setting becomes as important as the likeness.
I’ve deliberately left parts of the drawing and underpainting exposed. You can see the crayon and imprimatura especially in the bulletin board. I’m trying out short, abrupt marks and longer, curved ones, moving between shaded passages and areas that remain more open. Some parts are built up with paint while others retain the lines and first layers. Those marks are a type of writing, another way of describing the experience alongside the papers in my hands and on the desk.
“Self Portrait, Office Hours” 48 × 36 inches, Oil on canvas
This is a handmade, original work of art NOT A PRINT and NOT AI GENERATED
FREE SHIPPING Shipping takes 3–4 Weeks This ships from San Carlos, California (The San Francisco Bay Area). I use UPS and sometimes US Post.
I absolutely love learning and the exchange that happens with students. I learn from them too. Teaching has also been bittersweet. Like a romantic relationship, the hopes and expectations I bring to it don’t always match the experience. In this painting from my “Self Directed” series, I’m thinking about what it means to keep investing myself in that exchange.
Term papers are a type of letter. Some are phoned in. Others become passionate expressions of experience, exploration, and affection. After conceiving of these drawings and paintings, I read Christopher Isherwood’s “A Single Man.” The novel wasn’t the inspiration for them, but it exceeded my expectations and connected me to an experience I think many teachers and professors recognize. It reminded me of what I hope can happen when I sit down to read someone else’s words.
I give myself only about a quarter of the composition, maybe less, as a way of expressing my place in the academic world. I’m seated low on the left, surrounded by the desk, doorway, bulletin board, books, and papers. The cool blues of my shirt and the space behind me meet the warmer colors of the desk and bulletin board. The room takes up so much of the painting that the setting becomes as important as the likeness.
I’ve deliberately left parts of the drawing and underpainting exposed. You can see the crayon and imprimatura especially in the bulletin board. I’m trying out short, abrupt marks and longer, curved ones, moving between shaded passages and areas that remain more open. Some parts are built up with paint while others retain the lines and first layers. Those marks are a type of writing, another way of describing the experience alongside the papers in my hands and on the desk.
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