Todd M. Casey - Fine Art

Once again, I am in The Whistler House Museum of Art's Annual Juried Members Exhibit 2011. The Museum is the birthplace of James McNeil Whistler and provides the city of Lowell Massachusetts with beautiful art and history. I am humbled once again, as they chose to put my painting on the postcard that was mailed out for the exhibit. If you are in the area, come check out the exhibit. This year there are 51 artists that are part of the show, with a nice diversity of work. The piece I submitted is called "Gorch Fock" oil on linen, 20 x 24. The Gorch Fock was a German Ship built in 1933. During WWII the ship was used as a stationary office ship in Straslund. My wife and I are big fans of WWII history so researching is always a fun part of my process. Annual Juried Members Exhibit 2011 November 19 to December 30 Reception: November 19 from 2 to 4 pm

Like I mentioned in the last post, I've been doing portrait paintings on the weekend at the GCA. This one is Oil on Linen, about 21 hours (with the drawing and painting). I worked primarily with a flesh palette consisting of a Yellow String, Orange String, Red String and a Neutral String. I also use a full palette to get the highest chromatic colors when needed. Below is my transfer drawing and painting. Todd

I've been doing portrait drawing and painting on the weekends at the GCA. Here is a 6 hour drawing done with an HB pencil and white colored pencil, on Strathmore Grey paper. The length of this pose is for roughly 30 hours, so I"ll be transferring this to canvas and working with the drawing to do a finished painting. I'll try to post the work in progress. Todd

In January, The Whistler House Museum of Art will be hosting an evening class for Portrait Drawing and Painting. This class will concentrate on accurately drawing the figure from life in the traditional realistic manner. Over the course of the 4 sessions students will draw or paint from the model. Price for the class is $125 dollars per month (4 sessions) Tuesdays from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm January 10, 17, 24, 31 To sign up for classes, please email jdyment@whistlerhouse.org or call (978) 452-7641 Space is limited so Early Registration encourage!  This course wil be taught by Todd M. Casey. His artistic training involves studying at the Water Street Atelier in New York City. Todd has exhibited extensively over the last 5 years.  He is currently represented by Cavalier Gallery in Greenwich CT and Nantucket MA. www.toddmcasey.com Whistler House Museum of Art 243 Worthen Street Lowell, MA 01852-1822 www.whistlerhouse.org/  (978) 452-7...

Here is the my newest painting that I just sent off to Cavalier Gallery in Greenwich, CT. It should be in the Still Life show that will be from October 14th through November 4th, 2011. I'm hoping to have 2 more done for the show, so keep you posted. I've also attached the color study. Todd

From time to time Max invites me to paint with him at his studio in Long Island City. Its wonderful, as I get to see his approach to painting his large scale narrative paintings. These 2 paintings were done in about 1.5 hours each, and they were quick paintings as Max wanted to see what would fit best for his composition.

I'm posting my newest still life I finished about a week ago. Pretty happy with it. This is the first of two Elephant paintings. I'll post the other when its finished. t