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Sharing thoughts about my art practice, and works in progress.

Work in progress

April 15, 2012 Deborah Rhee

Here are the bones going down on a new canvas. I was feeling deKoonings Palette. Let's see where it leads me. I used a palette of Raw Umber, Titanium White, Cadnium Orange, Veridian Green, Cerulean Blue and Burnt Umber.Each layer's color staying o...

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Easter Sunday

April 13, 2012 Deborah Rhee

Thought I would share the view from my Studio this Easter Sunday. It was raining but warm. Such a nice place to be painting or not!

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Creating textural dimension with a new technique

April 13, 2012 Deborah Rhee

Here is the third painting in the series about creating dimension on a flat plane. It is as yet untitiled.I have been working for the past six months on very textural work made of many layers of thick paint. I enjoyed the sculptural qualities of l...

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Finished and Glazed

March 21, 2012 Deborah Rhee

Here are the most recent paintings I have been working on.. Last night in the middle of a huge storm, I glazed them both with their final coats! It was funny because this time last year we had a Tornado warning and my husband, daughter and I were ...

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Looking....seeing....

March 4, 2012 Deborah Rhee

My studio right now! A lot of time in the studio is spent looking. That time is a luxury, time to sit back and look at the work, in different conditions. I work a lot at night, so it is really nice to come out on a sunny day and view them in full ...

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My long awaited Sepia arrived today. Ironic with all this White going on!

March 4, 2012 Deborah Rhee

(Just a little play with the Sepia) Officially tonight, I painted White as a background, Mixing White and Medium straight on the raw canvas. It looked so clean.Overnight, some pools have dripped causing the cross over of the ground and the foregro...

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White: Titanium White, Zinc White and Mixing White!

February 9, 2012 Deborah Rhee

Here is the latest painting of the White Series! I have been in the studio- Whiting everything in sight. It has been a fixation for a couple of weeks now and layers are develping in the build. They are changing into more sculptured works. Digging ...

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2012... A new year, a new focus!

January 10, 2012 Deborah Rhee

Here is the first of the 'Windows Series' December was a month full of family activity. My eldest daughter joined us from Australia, for the holidays and there were many social getherings. I still managed time in the studio but have not photograph...

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Wavelengths Exhibition Video Clip - Melbourne, AU 12/2009

November 11, 2011 Deborah Rhee

During the past week, I have been gathering images to reform the 'Gallery' section on my site...(Sold works, Available works and New works), while doing so, I realized a number of paintings sold from my final exhibition 'Wavelengths' in Melbourne ...

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Lakewood Home Tour Auction donation painting

November 8, 2011 Deborah Rhee

I thought I would share with you the painting I have donated to the 'Lakewood Home Tour Auction'. I hope it sells along with the many other items on Auction and makes some money for our schools! So many people have worked hard to make this weekend...

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Lakewood Home Tour 3rd grade Art Auction Painting

November 5, 2011 Deborah Rhee

Today Blis and I finished putting together the 3rd grade Art piece for the local fundraiser the 'Lakewood Home Festival'. This is a major fundraiser in the Dallas area and supports our districts major schools (Lakewood Elementary, JL Long and Wood...

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Experimenting with a new style in the same palette

November 3, 2011 Deborah Rhee

It has been a while since I have blogged. Sometimes life just gets so busy there is just time for painting and family. It has been one of those months! I thought it was time to share a couple of the paintings I have been working on though. One see...

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Resolve; not to let the heat beat me!

August 30, 2011 Deborah Rhee

Here in Dallas we are in our seventh week of 100F (37C) plus consecutively! It has reached 108F on a number of those day! I am slowly aclimatizing but my materials are not. I am having to learn how to paint in a slightly different manner in order ...

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The MOMA conclusion on paper!

July 2, 2011 Deborah Rhee

It was a nice surprise to receive this yesterday. It???s a reminder of a fabulous couple of months full of pushing outside of the comfort zone. It seemed every artist challenged me in some way and from those that challenged me the best, I learnt the...

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My latest finished work

June 27, 2011 Deborah Rhee

Here is the latest painting with the Turquoise, Royal Blue, Magenta, Naples Yellow and Titanium Palette. I really had fun with this one. I let the brush be my guide for random strokes in the faith they would come together once all down. I think th...

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Back to work!

June 9, 2011 Deborah Rhee

Having finished the course with MoMA, I have finally got back in the studio and begun a new series of works! I decided to begin where I left off in Australia, with my new vibrant palette of Magenta, Turquoise, Indigo, Naples and Titanium. It has b...

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Ad Reinhardt ??? two weeks of preparation!

June 2, 2011 Deborah Rhee

I was intrigued to study Reinhardt, having heard about his all over ???Black paintings??? for many years. They seemed to divide people in regard to how they observed art. I have heard many people scoff that an all ???Black painting??? is an excuse for a p...

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Philip Guston ???

May 26, 2011 Deborah Rhee

These Oil and Medium Calligraphic studies were my homework assignment. From the outset it didn???t seem as though there was any way I was going to be able to relate to Guston. On a quick survey of his work I realized he was an artist of continual ch...

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Gallery

May 26, 2011 Deborah Rhee

In the Studio test 2

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Mark Rothko...one of my favorite artists of all time!

May 25, 2011 Deborah Rhee

My homework assignment for the week: This was the week I was looking forward to most of all. Mark Rothko has been my inspiration since seeing his 'Red on Red' painting at the National Gallery in Australia a decade ago. I still remember my first en...

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