tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784917446179677382011-12-05T11:03:44.470-08:00A Gallery of Minor MasterpiecesJose Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03860067230183443583noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778491744617967738.post-29644960899138990902010-01-05T17:11:00.000-08:002011-07-23T09:16:35.162-07:00

Temple of Zeus, acrylics On masonite, box framed (24 x 32")...$2500 This one took a month and remains one of my favorites; it's hung in my living rooms since I painted it in 1972. To me, it represents both the order and chaos in the universe, and how some things may look reasonable but they turn out to be nothing but illusion, and pass. Often when I painted something like this, I had no

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Wupatki Indian Ruins, pencil.....[Not For Sale] Some of the Native American ruins in the southwest were estimated to be cities housing thousands, like Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, which was thought to be a domed city holding 5000 people. This one in Arizona was merely a castle sized building with maybe 30-50 rooms. It's now being turned into a beautiful sculpture by wind, water, and time. I think

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New Orleans Levee, watercolor...$1000 I was there for Mardi Gras, and many people camped out along the levee here. The boat in the distance was for people who could afford to take a luxury liner to New Orleans for four days, they slept on the boat. One night it fell below freezing, and the best churches opened their doors for sleeping, so I then slept in the cathedral near Plaza de Armas.

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Cell Series 2000 #1, watercolor pen Unframed (shrinkwrapped)...$500 I've never worked with watercolor pens before, maybe because they didn't exist. I thought I'd give them a try and was surprised by the vibrant colors. I started drawing cells from microscopes in botany class in college. The first was pine tree cells, most of the rest were imaginary. I imagine them having an autonomous life,

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Maureen, pencil......[Not For Sale] Spent a month on this 18x24" portrait of an ex-gf and fellow artist. Friends would come by daily to check on the progress. I used handmade French paper ($5 a sheet in 1970 and more durable like cloth) so I could I erase and redraw as often as needed. I did one eye six times and the mouth four times before getting it all right. Since it's my best portrait (of

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Homage to Canaletto, watercolor...NFSThe first Italian Renaissance painting I saw in the flesh was by Canaletto, a giant masterpiece of an Italian city, piazza, and the harbor. I did this small tribute in my own way, with calligraphic watercolor.

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Navajo Madonna (large version), charcoal pencil..NFS This was the first of eight drawings of this Navajo girl (from a photograph by American master Edward Curtis in the late 1800's), and was actually done on watercolor paper, intending this to become a watercolor. I have two remaining, six others are in private collections. She has the most incredible eyes I've ever seen, and "eyes are the

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Farm in Virginia, watercolor Unframed (shrinkwrapped)...$1000 This watercolor took me a month, so I guess you could say it was 'overworked', a common problem with realistic art.

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Wise Man, pencilFramed, glass...$500(Drawing size: 11x15")This began as a portrait, then became my idea of a prophet or a sage, a wise man. I've used this one for my holiday greeting cards.

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Temple of Apollo, acrylics On masonite, box framed (24x32")...$2000

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Machine: Odyssey, acrylics (5 x 7 ft)... $5,000 Based on a painting by Raphael This wall-sized painting is something I'd like to sell (I've had it 38 yrs, time to pass it on), but shipping is impossible, it would have to be trucked to its final location! Maybe someone in the 'Deep South' would like to make an offer? It's edged with lattice for protection and hanging in my living room as you

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Locomotive, charcoal and watercolor Unframed (shrinkwrapped)...$500

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Flying Over Athens, oil pastel Unframed (shrinkwrapped)...$500 I had a pilot friend that could do aerobatics (stunts), and we'd go flying over Athens, Ga. where we lived. Often friends would say they had seen us above, in the yellow bi-plane, doing stunts over the city. It was great, never felt queasy as centrifugal force makes you always feel upright, its the world that moves around you,

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Navajo Madonna 2 (small vers.), pencil....NFS(From a photo by Edward Curtis)My guide for these portraits are numerous Renaissance portrait drawings, I have books of these and have spent years studying them.

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Nigerian Village, watercolor(Collection of Linda Pace)

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Street People, Athens, GA (detail), 1969pen and ink... $200These were some homeless guys I would regularly photograph and pay as models. Most lost their jobs, then their wives left them, so their circumstances were not of their own creating. It was during the Nixon years, yet another recession, high oil prices due to an oil embargo, and he implemented wage and price freezes, which just caused

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Cell Series 2000 #4, colored pencilsUnframed (shrinkwrapped, 8x8")...$200My first efforts with colored pencils, soft color but not much saturation is possible, but they can create a soft, ethereal effect.

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Italian Postcard, acrylics Unframed, on masonite (9x12")...$500 This was an Italian postcard I found in the attic that was sent to a relative in the 1920's, which was a hand tinted black and white photo; great colors I thought.

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Sausalito Marina, acrylics (Private Collection of Angelique Goings)

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Mexican Ferry, watercolor & ink(From a photo by Charlton D. McMillan)Collection of Charlton D. McMillanHe shot this photo on a ferry to Cozamel; I liked the composition and assortment of colors.

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This post originally introduced my artwork, and I included a batch of works in one post. I've since reposted them individually so they can be easier referenced and the site will load faster.I kept this post here because of the comments, I didn't want to lose those.Thanks to all who posted comments or sent eMails so far, you've been very nice.This self-portrait, at age 18, was done overnight when

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