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I enjoyed painting Dark Horse so much that I wanted to do another equestrian piece. What would its opposite be, but still use the same basic content? A black woman on a white horse… in the tropics… at night… during a thunderstorm! The same great model I used in Suzie Q rides this horse (in the studio she rode the back of my couch), and the background is invented. I did find reference for the various plants in the foreground, collaging them from numerous shots of tropical gardens.
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Announcement Lightning over Water
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In F. Scott Hess Museum I enjoyed painting Dark Horse so much that I wanted to do another equestrian piece. What would its opposite be, but still use the same basic content? A black woman on a white horse… in the tropics… at night… during a thunderstorm! The sa... |
New object Pale Horse in F. Scott Hess Museum
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In F. Scott Hess Museum : Recent Work F. Scott Hess |
Announcement Things are looking up for old guys!
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In F. Scott Hess Museum Suzie Q is a bunch of older men staring up at a young, nearly nude woman. The impetus stems from my increasing decrepitude, and a realization that the mating game is essentially for young folks, and the game is over, but lust remains. It... |
New object Suzie Q in F. Scott Hess Museum
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In F. Scott Hess Museum : Recent Work F. Scott Hess |
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In F. Scott Hess Museum : Recent Work “The Rashomon effect is the effect of the subjectivity of perception on recollection, by which observers of an event are able to produce substantially different but equally plausible accounts of it. A useful demonstration of this princip... |
Announcement Live-Streaming of Painting in Progress!!
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In F. Scott Hess Museum I am starting a 7 × 12 foot painting entitled In Transit. It will not be done in time for my solo exhibition, opening at Koplin Del Rio Gallery on October 29th. Therefore, I am going to complete it in the gallery space. Working days... |
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In F. Scott Hess Museum : Recent Work I thought the eye of the horse was pretty cool… you can see the trees reflected from the viewer’s side of the picture plane. |
Announcement Frozen Movement
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In F. Scott Hess Museum Dark Horse is pretty straight forward, though the possible readings are many. I was aware of a few background stories, like Lady Godiva, but really I just wanted to paint a horse, and get a great sense of movement. I think I succeeded th... |
New object Dark Horse in F. Scott Hess Museum
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In F. Scott Hess Museum : Recent Work F. Scott Hess (b. 1955) |
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