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Explore CAKES: Pancakes and Cupcake Art Diptych


CAKES | 12 x 22” | Graphite on paper

CAKES is the name of this diptych, which includes CUPCAKE and PANCAKES, both of which are 5 x 7” drawings. CUPCAKE, from 2024, has been in my private collection of studies, but when I recently completed PANCAKES I knew it was a match that just had to be framed! 

This diptych composition can be viewed at my Kerbey Lane show, “Paintings and Pancakes”, running through June 30th. As a reminder, this show has more than 30 works spanning a wide range of subject matter, including a few new paintings of iconic Austin scenes – Paramount Theater, Pennybacker Bridge, and the Congress Avenue Bats. If you live in Austin or you’re here for South by Southwest, swing by and check things out while enjoying one of the best brunch offerings in town. 

Happy spring break everyone!

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San Francisco and Golden Gate Diptych

Long overdue for a post. Been working a lot on drawings (animals), finishing the Lines & Blossoms piece, and started this new diptych.

Reference photo was taken by me a couple years ago. It’s an amazing vantage point from the Marin headlands looking back towards the city. Breathtaking!

SF and Golden Gate reference photo
SF and Golden Gate reference photo

This is my first true diptych, as well as my first painting on wood. The panels are small (5″x7″) and pre-treated. Below is the rough drawing outline, which I had practiced in my sketch book a couple times prior. What worked best for me, which wasn’t the way I first tried to do it, was to draw from the horizon/back of the composition “forward” to the bridge and foreground. It was much, much easier to get the angle and proportion of the GG bridge with the city roughed into the background for reference points.

rough drawing to get scale on panels
rough drawing to get scale on panels

This first session was short by my standards, perhaps a couple of hours. It moved quickly because of the small size and the color mixes came together faster than usual. The details will come in the next session, but I think getting the lighting on the cityscape is going to be tricky but critical to ensure the piece has the right depth.

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