Artwork of Harrison Monahan
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Over the past year, my creative flow has been dormant. There have been a lot of changes as I completed my degree in May and started an architecture preservation consulting job. I’ve noticed that whenever I experience big life changes, I find less time to focus on painting. Thankfully I have friends who have birthdays.…
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My experience with oil paints is sporadic. This is attempt no. 3 at painting with oils. It is a study I did with my mom, who is also getting into oil painting, on a portrait of Caroline Davis painted by John Scarlett Davis in 1825.
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In the time that I’ve had to draw recently, I’ve been trying to focus on faces and people. As I’ve mentioned previously, drawing the human form has been a mountain that I’ve been leery of scaling, but I’ve started, and here are some bits and pieces of that work. I used Strathmore Toned Gray sketch…
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It’s been a while since I posted anything, but here’s a quick painting I did of the Lawn at the University of Virginia, where I’m currently finishing up a degree in architectural history.
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Due to an incredibly inconvenient virus, of which we have heard far too much about, I have had time to study something I find terrifying – drawing faces. I have thankfully remained employed, but my education has gone digital. I need not describe to you the trials of an online studio class, however, I have…
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It has been over a year since the last post made its appearance on this site. The reason being, of course, that life has happened. I’m in the middle of working on a degree in Architecture. Individuals and traffic guards have asked why I am not going to college for Art. I have at least…
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Norman Rockwell was a master of painting the American life. His paintings brilliantly capture casual moments of human interaction. Rockwell found the balance between discipline and freedom in his technique, so his paintings are detailed and realistic, but not uncomfortably stiff. I study various artist’s work, most notably Andrew Wyeth’s. I love Wyeth’s work. I…
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A while ago my friend commissioned a painting for his girlfriend’s birthday. I was told that she liked sunflowers, so a painting of that flower was all that was requested. I wanted to avoid the cliche composition of sunflowers in a vase, on a table. (Or worse, in a mason jar). That setting is disgustingly overused.…
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This particular painting has been sitting around for quite a while. I’m not too thrilled with the way it turned out, but I thought I would post it anyway. I meant for it to look looming and foreboding with a ton of cool detailed stone-work, but it looks like a cardboard cutout and two crows. …
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