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12-7-05 |
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I'm starting a new section of
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You can visit it here:
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11-28-05 |
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I posted three new paintings
today. Two of which are from a new series of autumn |
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pictures which I've begun.
I have many others underway and hope to have them |
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finished in the next few
months. |
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8-1-05 |
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I just posted two new
paintings which were painted on my Florida Keys trip. |
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I love their peaceful nature
and every time I look at them I get a craving |
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to go back to the islands.
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The month of July brought more
changes to my household, with us finding |
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a new house, buying it,
putting our present house on the market and selling it. |
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It's been a whirlwind!
We will be closing in two weeks or so and moving this |
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month. The tempest
continues! |
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6-21-05 |
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Wow, it's been a long 2 and a
half months! I've switched teaching positions and have |
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spent a lot of time dealing
with this issue. It's finally settled and I jaunted off to the |
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Florida Keys with my family as
soon as school was out. I shot a huge amount of |
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photos, which are the
inspiration for a new section of this site, "Photo Journeys". I've |
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been building new panels for
paintings and will jump into new works created from the |
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Florida photos as well as from
paintings created on site around my corner of Ohio. Mr. |
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Kleinman has a new feature on
his web site where you can get a peek inside the gallery |
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where you can see groupings of
my work hung in the gallery. It's nice to see them together. |
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The Kismet Gallery in Toledo
is opening up a second location and I encourage everyone |
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in that area to go and visit.
The Rutledge Gallery in Dayton is showing some of my |
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larger beach paintings.
Very appropriate for summer! |
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I wish you all well and hope
you have a peaceful and productive summer. |
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4-2-05 |
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I just got back from a trip to
Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and was really excited |
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with the images I was able to
capture with my camera. I decided that it would be much |
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more efficient to take as many
quality pictures as I could this year and paint with those |
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and my memory as reference,
instead of actually lugging all my painting gear to Tennessee. |
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In this way, I was able to
travel about much more and will have a wider assortment of |
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subject matter to choose from
for paintings than if I would've spent the good 3 or 4 days |
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painting (well, beginning
anyway) one picture per day. Expect to see some mountains in
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the near future. |
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1-4-05 2005!
We've made it through another one! My biggest hope for the coming |
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year is that we all find the
peace we are looking for--there is such a huge need |
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for it considering all the
turbulence (natural and man-made) occurring in the world. |
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I've just finished another
trio of paintings, this time a series of river views. High |
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keyed colors with prominent
textures continue to dominate the pictures. I've |
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been thinking a bit of
Japanese prints in the composition of these newer works, |
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particularly in the diptych
"Swiftly Running". I've got the next few paintings planned |
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out and hope to continue this
very productive roll I've been on. Creating nine paintings |
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in two months is a bit unusual
for me, but it's been really satisfying to be able to |
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immerse myself in the work
like this. |
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12-16-04 I've just
finished another group of paintings. I really feel like I've found the
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balance that I've been working
towards. I'm very happy with these pictures. They |
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just glow. |
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12-2-04 I've just finished 3
new paintings. I'm happy with the bold colors of the newer work and |
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plan to pursue this use of
very saturated color while still creating paintings with a good amount |
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of depth. The emphasis,
as always, is on color and texture! |
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11-10-04 The article on
me in Art Business News is now online. You can |
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see it at http://www.internationalartandframing.com/aabn/october04/pdf/originals.pdf |
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10-23-04 |
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The opening at Dick Kleinman
Fine Art went very well. The show looks great! I'd like to |
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thank Mr. Kleinman and his
associates for another wonderful display. |
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Art Business News Magazine
featured me in their "Originals" section in their October issue. |
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9-25-04 |
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For the last few weeks I've
spent most of my time getting ready for the exhibitions at Dick Kleinman |
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Fine Art and the Dublin Arts
Center, as well as sending six new paintings to the Rutledge Gallery. |
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I'm hoping to be able to begin
some new paintings soon. |
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I'm also excited about the
onset of autumn. I recently purchased a Canon 20D digital SLR camera |
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and hope to put it to good use
taking resource photos for new paintings as well as new photos |
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for my photo galleries.
I've been really happy with it so far. Just about all the photos I'll
be posting |
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from now on except for the
macro shots will be taken with the Canon 20D. |
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9-5-04 |
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Today I posted 6 new paintings
in the 2004 gallery. I've been getting paintings ready for the |
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two shows coming up soon.
My show at Dick Kleinman will be a big show (30+ paintings) |
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and I'll be sending many of my
favorite paintings there. The show with the Dublin Arts Council |
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will be at the Dublin
Government Center from November-January and will consist of 10 paintings |
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and 10 photographs. I'm
excited about both shows and hope to see you at the opening of |
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the Dick Kleinman Show on
October 9. I'll be there and will be demonstrating my painting |
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technique all day.
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--Todd |
