Malcolm Logan

The Remarkable Painting Technique of Harry Sudman, Artist

The painting technique of Harry Sudman is a paradox. It is at once traditional and contemporary, spontaneous and exacting. It owes a debt to the unconstrained nature of Ala Prima painting, yet draws on the meticulous blending and layering of the old masters. The result is an image with the immediacy of a photograph, but which harbors within it great subtlety and... (posted by Malcolm 1 year 52 days ago.)

Going the Way of the Dinosaurs: Surviving a Mountain Biking Trip to Moab

It’s true. Mountain biking is one of the most exciting, gut-checking, adrenalin-pumping sports there is. It requires skill, finesse, courage and physical strength. It also requires a comfortable familiarity with pain, a friendly association with contusions, a nodding acquaintance with exhaustion, and a willingness to get cozy with nausea and... (posted by Malcolm 1 year 65 days ago.)

Learning to Love the Mob: A One Day Vacation in Las Vegas

When Chicago mobster Anthony “the Ant” Spilotro started burglarizing businesses in the Las Vegas area, the federal government and the Las Vegas gaming commission had seen enough. So had the mob. Spilotro had been screwing up a good thing, drawing unwanted attention to mob influence in Vegas. So they beat him with a baseball bat, strangled him and buried... (posted by Malcolm 1 year 71 days ago.)

Our Broken Asphalt Heart: Reflections on Route 66-Part 2

Part 2: New Mexico to California A bright, enchanting New Mexico morning. I pull onto the interstate, old 66 running beside. The land slides and yaws like water in a bucket, waves of rolling terrain, an ocean of pale grass flecked with sagebrush and streaked with browns and reds. The mountains heave themselves up, haughty, and then stop abruptly, ending in... (posted by Malcolm 1 year 81 days ago.)

Hyperrealism: A Version of Reality Beyond the Photographic

Art that makes you stop and look again. That’s a good description of the striking genre of painting known as hyperrealism. A simple glance may make you think it’s merely a photograph. But let the eye linger a moment longer and you will sense something’s up. This is photographic reality, yes. But it’s something more. Hyperrealism is distinguished from photorealism because... (posted by Malcolm 1 year 82 days ago.)

Our Broken Asphalt Heart: Reflections on Route 66 - Part 1

Part 1: Illinois to Texas It was once hailed as “The Mother Road,” saluted as “Main Street U.S.A.”. There have been songs written about it, books, movies, a television show. In our collective imagination it carries us back to a more innocent time, when America was young, when entrepreneurialism was grass roots, before cookie cutter chains... (posted by Malcolm 1 year 84 days ago.)