Category Archives: commissioned painting

I Painted Geneva in the Bruising Sun

April 9, 2009 – 2:20 pm

Why lie? In Texas we don’t have that nice, ambient light of the north.  We have heat and intense sun that makes us squint, burns out the features on one side of our face, and cast the other side in shadow.  It’s a biforcated life, for sure.  We love the sun and the heat, and […]

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A Smattering on Painting Technique and Questions

March 18, 2009 – 1:11 pm

This post was originally one of my first, in a series on technique.  The post, “The Difference Between Drawing and Painting” has had over 1100 views since I posted it.  I’m a slow learner, but I think maybe some of you out there would like to see more of my thoughts on technique.  Please, please […]

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A Painting of Cooper the Boxer

February 17, 2009 – 7:41 am

Sorry, folks – I haven’t been out to paint people without getting caught in a month.  I’ve been painting in the studio for an upcoming show.  It’s basically interiors, with some dogs and girls.  You see,  I was brought up in a trailer house in West Texas following wildcat rigs around (I didn’t even think […]

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Painting in the Studio

December 6, 2008 – 8:31 am

I recently painted a  9×24 still life commission of bottles. This is a detail from that painting. The client is a professor of Gender Studies, and the bottles are my rendition of multiculturalism.  What does an old elixer bottle, a jar of Vegemite, and a bottle of tabasco have in common, other than sharing the […]

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A Day in the Studio

October 2, 2008 – 3:10 pm

Would you like for me to continue with posts such as the one entitled: “A Smattering about Painting Technique”?  Comments would certainly be appreciated and might motivate me to open this boiling vat…~Lavanna Martin

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