245 : august 2026

245 more Pistachio shells. The continuation of painting Pistachio shells with in studio charcoal paints will go on all year. I usually paint some every day, sometimes 2, sometimes 20 or 100 and it is always a contemplative and productive practice. Also working on hanging mechanism and installation methods. Sgraffito (Italian: [zɡrafˈfiːto]; pl. sgraffiti) is an artistic or decorative technique of scratching through a coating on a hard surface to reveal parts of an underlying layer contrasted in colour. It is produced on walls by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colours to a moistened surface, and on pottery by applying two successive layers of contrasting slip or glaze to an unfired ceramic body.[1] The Italian past participle sgraffiato is also used for this technique, especially in reference to pottery.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgraffito