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This is on Canson Paper and of my eldest son Adam who was a very good model as was my youngest and late son, Jason. However, the middle son couldn't sit still for anyone. Both Adam and Jason modeled for Daniel Greene's summer portrait classes while middle son Aaron mowed Dan's lawn! The top photo is of a typical group of artists (art students studying with Dan) outside of the little cottage I so abused while living there that summer. I am on far right with my late son Jason right next to me and in front row was one of my art students, Jen Gillen from Cheshire,CT. In the lower photo were two of my adult students who joined us in Gloucester, MA, Louise Meisel and a lovely woman whose name escapes me! The cottage was so completely booked I had to schedule 10 min. times staggered for each boarder to use the one bathroom in the house. I had the septic system cleaned each month! To make it easier on our guests, we hooked up an outside shower with a double curtain around it just outside the actual indoor shower to make things go faster.

A wonderful young woman artist named Frances Hairfield from the south, was a trooper and loved showering out of doors with or without the curtains!LOL  Frances was a talented painter and did a mean "Clog" I think they call it. Frances Hairfield in top photo on far left and on left below as well. She had reddish blonde hair, the most delightful accent and posed for me too. This is a pastel sketch I did of Frances on dark green paper. tension curtain rods kmartI always loved this gentle sketch of her and that beautiful profile and long neck. eclipse ella blackout window curtain panelThis is one of those works I just lost track of and can't find anymore? plaque unveiling curtains for sale

Frances now lives in Morganton, NC and paints and teaches there. In top photo is Erika Greene, Dan's daughter who was there drawing  and modeling all summer and Pamela who was one of our great models there. All three of my sons took a shine to Erika and fought over who was going to spend time with her. One day my son Aaron asked me if he could take her out to Blackburns Tavern for a clam chowder lunch and I said OK while I stayed in the studio. sutch curtains blindsWhen they returned, I asked him how the lunch went ? He said fine, she couldn't eat hers so he ate both lunches!! Aaron was only about 12 or 13 I think. His older brother Adam would have asked to be seated, pulled out his guests chair and used his napkin politely. He was the smooth one. Erika was lovely to all my boys and with Dan's permission, even came to our house in CT,  for a weekend with us. Couldn't resist putting one more photo of art students renting in the cottage, at Wheeler's Point in Gloucester, MA, because it includes my late son Jason one more time on far right and in front a promising young art student of mine back then, Jen Gillen.

She came to see me recently at a demo I did and what a nice surprise to see the lovely woman she grew up to be! Pastel of Eleanor the model I did in class there in Gloucester. She insisted on holding her head way up high to not make her double chin obvious. We couldn't convince her otherwise. I did a Dan Greene finish with my strong drawing lines on the left and letting the pastels go out into the paper on her garments. I thought I was slick. Watching Dan Greene teach, demonstrate, lecture and share day after day and week after week back in 1979 and 1980 was a rich education.  I observed his demos, listened to his lectures as well as each item he would share with us as his students. I also observed him as a subject for painting.  I looked at his gestures, poses and expressions and could not help but want to paint this man I learned so much from and respected as a gentleman. Top photo (below) shows a young hungry Charles Movalli in the center, Dan carefully choosing his cuisine, behind him a doctor who took classes, on the far left my son Aaron who will eat any fish anytime and out of the photo was artistDavid Hatfield, and the late artist and my dear friendMichael Stoffa!

Bottom photo is the well known Cape Ann painter and writer Charles Movalli thoroughly enjoying the local catch of the day and at far left is Joel Englehardt who was a local stained glass artist and close friend of the late artist Zygmond Jankowski who later became a very close friend of Charles Movalli. Drawing is the base of all of my art. In The Art Spirit by Robert Henri, a compiling by Margery Ryerson of his many teachings, Henri said something like this, " The skillfully executed lined drawing appeals to the viewers intellect and the large masses of values and colors appeal to the viewers emotions" I love that book . It is a bible for artists and inspiration from cover to cover. My first book was given to me as a gift back in 1979 by the late Charles "Chuck" Sovek, noted plein air painter. I believe Dan used and uses both intellect and emotion in his work. FLASHBACK FRIDAYS #1 (January 6, 2012) The Best Art Career Decision I Ever Made She always taught me that if there was a will, there would be a way!