Storing Paintings

I was asked how I store my paintings. As you may know since I live in NYC and paint in my bedroom this unit is at the foot of my bed so I couldn't get a better vantage point to shoot the picture. It's a great unit. I store my still life items, fabrics. framed paintings and there are three drawers on the bottom where I numerically keep my paintings!!

How Long Do You Wait Before You Varnish Your Paintings?

Someone emailed this question and I thought I'd share this answer here:
How big are the paintings or rather I should ask how thick did you apply paint?
I use Winsor Newton paint and usually spray a retouch varnish (Kamar) when paint is dry to the touch which is usually three or four days. The reds usually take longer, but no more than 2 or 3 days.
Conservators would probably tell you to wait 6 months. I guess you can respray after that amount of time.... Maybe I should respray all the ones I still have here? I'm sure a conservator would be better equipped to answer but that's what I do. I can't wait to see the colors come back to their origins.

Grand Canyon after Edgar Payne

Landscapes

It was great fun to paint over some starts that I had used as steps for my book. (I wasn't good at photographing small wet paintings in progress so I stopped as different stages in the painting process and had them professionally photographed when they dried.) I liked the freedom of having a few paintings going at the same time thinking that at least one of them would be gallery worthy!!

John Carlson influence

I had done some steps for the oil painting book and then sold the last step. So I had a few starts in different stages of progression. I decided to try and finish the paintings which meant I had to paint over paint. After all these years it was the first time for me. I think it worked out very well. Only difference was that I couldn't scratch my signature onto the board.
I think you'll probably see more posts like this in the near future!

Cezanne influence

I was at The Guggenheim last week and saw a Cezanne. On the card next to the painting it mentioned that he used white cloths on his tabletops a lot. Well, if he can do it so often so can I. It's funny how we have to feel vindicated somehow before we feel free enough to do it ourselves. I find these little bits of freedoms from museum visiting more valuable than looking at the art.
"Strawberries and Blue Bowl" 3x4 inches watercolor.

Yellow/Purple palette with new Raw Umber

The yellows are across the top and the purples are down the right side. I eliminated one purple color which is why I pasted a blank piece of paper over it. I placed the Prussian Blue off to the side since its optional and only used on rare occasions to get some greens.
Yellow/Purple Palette:
WN Chinese White, Schmincke Blue Black
Yellows: WN Naples Yelllow, Old Holland Cinnabar Green Extra Light, WN Cadmium Lemon, WN Aureolin, , WN Cadmium Yellow, Schmincke Translucent Orange, Rowney Georgian Raw Umber
Purples: Old Holland Violet Grey, WN Permanent Rose, WN Permanent Magenta, WN Winsor Violet, WN Ultramarine Violet, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Prussian Blue is optional