Mixed Six Artists' Open Studios


	"I've been working with egg tempera since I lost my studio, about four and a half years ago. I mix the colors myself, and a single piece, on average, can take over a year to finish. But I work on several at a time, because sometimes I have to put one aside for awhile. Sometimes I get so physically tired that I have to make myself stop working. I paint on weekends, but I also try to paint during the week. When I get home, I do something like organize papers for a little bit, then about 9pm I'll start painting, and I sometimes paint until midnight, but usually I quit about 11pm. After I put it aside for a while, and then I pull it out and take a look... if I think "gee, that doesn't look too bad, " then it's a success. I'm looking for some balance, and clarity, and I really like it when it has the quality of popping out of the surface, but I don't often achieve that. I've tried having intentions when I start working on a piece, but for whatever reason, I never feel like I'm able to pull it off. If I try too hard to go with my intention, then I wind up with a stiff, stilted piece. The backgrounds are from my imagination but the actual objects are from observation. It's little stuff that I have sitting around, and for whatever reason it looks interesting to my eye. It's got to be some kind of visual thing that catches the attention of my subconscious." -- excerpts from interview with T. Newson on Working Artist's Journal email; tnewson@newsguy.com postal: PO box 192032, SF CA 94119-2032


		Images: (top) "Mortar, Pestle, Marble, Tile" egg tempera on panel ©2003, 4" x 4" (middle left) "Egyptian Perfume Bottle #1", egg tempera on panel ©2004, 5" x 3" (middle right) "Bone Found at the Beach" egg tempera on toned paper ©2004, 7" x 5" (bottom) "Chicken Skull" silverpoint on toned paper ©2004, 4" x 5"
Six artists will be exhibiting at BigCrow studios during San Francisco Open Studios October 21st and 22nd, 2006 11am - 6pm both days 1426 41st Avenue (near Judah) in the Sunset District of San Francisco MAP of our location, and other nearby studios from the 2005 event

HOME • T. Newson • Pamela Heyda • John Wall • David W. Sumner • Arthur David Neri • Anna L. Conti