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Oil painting called "The Mothers" by Bernard Safran, 1960... my Dad found these hard bitten women amusing.

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2021-03-13

Its International Dog Day today so here is a color pencil drawing of our dog Gretchen by my father Bernard Safran, done in 1982. Gret was a German Shorthair Pointer.

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2020-08-27

Museum copy by Bernard Safran of a Rubens at the Met, 1958. This was done to learn how to improve his techniques from the old masters.

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2020-04-24

A study of hands. The varnish has yellowed, but you can see the streaks of grey on the gesso - a technique of Rubens - it adds depth to sheer glazes. Opaque whites come forward, shadows recede (sheer darks).

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2020-03-17

Self portrait, coloured pencil, 1974. We moved to the backwoods of rural Canada in 1973 from NYC. A new start.

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2020-02-29