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Philip Koch Paintings: Sailing Lessons from Edward Hopper
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Observations on life as a landscape painter in the 21st century. Monday, August 10, 2015. Sailing Lessons from Edward Hopper. Later this month I'll be traveling to see some art. My destination is Salem, Ohio to visit the home where the painter Charles Burchfield grew up. And began his life as an artist. Along the way we'll stop in Pittsburgh to see the new Edward Hopper exhibition. At the Carnegie Museum of Art (through Oct. 26). Have found myself looking at one of my favorite Hopper's Sailing. Here's th...
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Philip Koch Paintings: Edward Hopper's Poetry of Empty Rooms
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Observations on life as a landscape painter in the 21st century. Saturday, October 8, 2011. Edward Hopper's Poetry of Empty Rooms. I've just been invited by Rachael Solomon who is the Program Director of the Edward Hopper House Art Center in Nyack, NY. Above is one of his last oil paintings, Sun in an Empty Room. From 1963. It's the emptiest of all the rooms he ever painted. Yet it draws you in and holds your attention as well as any richly appointed interior. How did he do this? I used to have a teacher...
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Philip Koch Paintings: May 2015
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Observations on life as a landscape painter in the 21st century. Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Koch Hopper Paitings to Addison Art Gallery. Philip Koch, Rooms by the Sea III,. Oil on panel, 8 2/3 x 13", 2014. Last week I sent three of my oils up to Addison Art Gallery. In Orleans, MA on Cape Cod. They will be shown as part of the Gallery's two year long After Hopper. Project in conjunction with the Cape Cod Museum of Art. In Dennis, MA. Edward Hopper (with Jo Hopper in the background). Was painted on location i...
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Philip Koch Paintings: November 2014
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Observations on life as a landscape painter in the 21st century. Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Philip Koch's easel set up with White Mountain Pond, vine. Charcoal, 8 x 12", 2014. Two stories . Things that happened to me early in my four decades of painting the landscape out in the field. Both still make me smile. First the funny one, though in a slightly painful way. A young girl wandered by and stopped to see what I was doing. She looked for a long minute and finally asked me "Did you paint that? This w...
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Philip Koch Paintings: July 2015
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Observations on life as a landscape painter in the 21st century. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Second Stay for Burchfield Penney Art Center Residency. Philip Koch, Chestnut Ridge Sunset:Cool. Pastel, 10 x 7 1/2", 2015. I'm just returned from another week at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Philip Koch, Chestnut Ridge Sunset: Warm. Pastel, 10 x 7 1/2", 2015. Both are based on the vine charcoal drawing below that I made on location with my portable easel. Philip Koch, Chestnut Ridge Sunset. It takes time to let...
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Philip Koch Paintings: Edward Hopper, French Impressionist?
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Observations on life as a landscape painter in the 21st century. Sunday, July 19, 2015. Edward Hopper, French Impressionist? Here's Edward Hopper's Pennsylvania Coal Town. From the Butler Institute of American Art. I love the contrast of the deeply saturated yellow ocher house against the bright whites of the figure's sleeve. And the shadowy. Window curtains draw you in with a sense of mystery. One can't understand Hopper without giving his Impressionist-inspired love of light and color its due. What...
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Philip Koch Paintings: October 2014
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Observations on life as a landscape painter in the 21st century. Tuesday, October 28, 2014. My Art, My Celebrations. Philip Koch, Under the Moon,. Oil on canvas, 24 x 36". For much of the time we are absorbed by the little details of our lives. It is too easy to forget the mere fact of our being alive is completely extraordinary. Philip Koch, From Day to Night,. Oil on canvas, 36 x 72". As I look over the pieces I fall back into thinking of the times when each was being painted. Oil on panel, 36 x 72".
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Philip Koch Paintings: June 2015
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Observations on life as a landscape painter in the 21st century. Friday, June 19, 2015. Burchfield Penney Residency Part II. Charles Burchfield, conte nature study, Burchfield Penney. Art Center, Buffalo, NY. Earlier this month I was at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. For my first visit as the Art Center's Artist In Residence. One of my goals with the Residency is to study the working process of Charles Burchfield, an artist I deeply admire, to nourish my own working methods with my paintings. First an...
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Philip Koch Paintings: August 2015
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Observations on life as a landscape painter in the 21st century. Saturday, August 29, 2015. The Seven Secrets of Art. Philip Koch, High Trees,. Oil on panel, 28 x 21". 2015 To be included in the Burchfield Penney. Art Center's Live Auction at their annual Gala. Sept 19, 2015. I like to make lists. Here are some bullet points I sometimes give out to my students. As you can see I failed badly at keeping the list down to just seven ideas. The 7 Secrets of Art, and a few more. Thursday, August 20, 2015.
