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Studio Journal
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Notes from the studio — on looking, on materials, and on the slow business of finishing a painting.
2026
4 entries
11 August
Studio
On finishing a painting
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1 July
Looking
The loupe, and what it asks of you
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17 May
Materials
Gold leaf, and the patience it demands
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8 March
Looking
A morning at the Uffizi
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2025
2 entries
21 November
Studio
Why I paint slowly
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3 September
Looking
The first thing and the second thing
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