http://www.pessiki.com/news daily 0.75 2016-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1481767359121-64XSRQFV5IRPROSOXNG4/IMG_3438.JPG NEWS http://www.pessiki.com/news/2016/12/13/new-website monthly 0.5 2016-12-19 http://www.pessiki.com/services-1 daily 0.75 2016-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1482182991152-HT1WB04MHAZ0DNSO7LCH/Untitled.jpg SERVICES http://www.pessiki.com/home daily 1.0 2016-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1481781244717-56V9PPBO7QVYUO0I3S07/IMG_9586.JPG Home http://www.pessiki.com/partners daily 0.75 2017-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1481768262209-OK1YH5GYZD554L5DDMXX/IMG_9774.JPG CONTACT ME http://www.pessiki.com/service daily 0.75 2016-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1481771945728-V68RQXD8NECK5F98748M/IMG_2798.JPG SERVICE http://www.pessiki.com/read-me daily 0.75 2017-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1481660235452-GCYWNG2EB05ANU868KZP/untitled.JPG ARTWORK UNTITLED / Oil on board This is my redo of a painting by Jeremy Mann. His cityscapes and portraits are unbelievable. If you are not already familiar with his work, please look him up, you will be glad that you did. I still spend countless hours looking at his work on-line. I also hope to see it in person some day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1481954570462-QPM76OFHW29L3J6HRW7Q/image-asset.jpeg ARTWORK READING TERMINAL / Oil on board / 20 x 16 This painting is from a black and white photograph inside the Reading Terminal in Philadelphia. I used to commute to work through this terminal in the early 1980's. Reading Terminal is no longer in active service, but instead is now part of the convention center in downtown Philadelphia. I was at a workshop there in September 2016 and I went and stood at the spot where the photograph was made that was used as the basis for the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1481661116559-4W4T73PT93Y0UTD8XZID/untitled ARTWORK SELF PORTRAIT / Oil on board / 12 x 16 Yes, this is pretty much what I look like. Enough said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1482344407835-7RMZHIAVNXYG78KMVOBA/image-asset.jpeg ARTWORK UNTITLED / Oil on board / 12 x 10 This is another early redo of a painting I found on-line. Again, I did not note the original artist so I can't provide proper attribution here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1481658182168-PJSEZ8R4RTTXK0K3W42N/untitled ARTWORK UNTITLED / Oil on board / 16 x 16 Many of my paintings are derived from black and white photographs, including this one. The advantage of working from a black and white original is I am not forced in to any particular direction with color. The disadvantage of course is that I have no idea what color to paint the image. This particular painting was also my first attempt at reductive painting. It was actually a lot of fun to do. I will also post some progression photographs to show the evolution of the painting using the reductive technique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1481955213204-L9MJLDP7NFZ21UQGUXPW/image-asset.jpeg ARTWORK (IN PROGRESS) / Oil on canvas / 24 x 24 This is still a work in progress. Again, this painting is based on a black and white photograph. The photograph is truly haunting - the landscape is barren, and the dead litter a foreground that is an amalgam of snow and mud. I debated whether I should even use the photograph as the foundation for a painting. The colors of this painting are not reproduced correctly in the photograph shown here, but the colors shown here capture the mood much better than what I actually painted. I added the trees to the composition, twisting and shattering them to reflect the anguish of the living and the dead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1481659566368-E9Q7M0CEC952P2D689CO/untitled ARTWORK In my home office with Bob Dylan - Big Blue Chair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1481953556148-IE2V6WVDJS2I99O51ULI/image-asset.jpeg ARTWORK BOB DYLAN - BIG BLUE CHAIR / Oil on canvas / 24 x 24 This series of photographs shows the progression of work on this painting. I am not sure that the final image is of the finished work, but if not, it is pretty close to final. I painted this from a black and white photograph. After finishing the painting and while looking for more Dylan photographs on-line, I actually found a color version of the photograph. This particular painting hangs in my home office in a really nice frame that is reminiscent of a 1960's vibe. I am a big Dylan fan - I painted this before he won the Nobel Prize. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57fe8422cd0f685a4c0e0489/1482339642006-Q05KV8W5BNBX7IMZNO0T/image-asset.jpeg ARTWORK UNTITLED / Oil on board / 16 x 12 This is my redo of a painting I found on-line. I am sorry I did not note the original artist so I can't provide proper attribution here. This was one of the early works I painted when I first resumed painting. 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