Self Portrait in Rancho Mirage CA – Painter Workshop Testimonials

by admin | Nov 19, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education

Every time I come to California it is like coming home. This Midwest boy enjoys the Californians even if they do come from as far away as Washington, Oregon, Canada and of course California for this workshop. It is just an extra fun time of exuberant art, life as an...

Pelicans Perch – 24 x 48 inches, based on plein air field studies

by admin | Nov 5, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education, plein air, Wildlife

Pelicans Perch is based on a number of experiences and field study paintings and sketches I have had here in the Carolina. Below is the final 24 x 48 inch wide oil on panel painting painted with exclusively painting knives. Plein air field studies and sketches below...

Color and Contemporary Still Life – Seeing Color – Sun City, SC

by admin | Oct 29, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education, Still Life

It is fun to paint. But wouldn’t it be fun to see and paint the correct color? That is what this group of fine painters in Sun City South Carolina discovered at the Color and...

It bothers me when artist are so sure of himself or herself!

by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | concepts in painting, Oil Paintings for Sale

Trying to explain why this does not look like all my other paintings, I wrote this. It bothers me when artist are so sure of himself or herself! I see so many artists trying to say this is the way or that is the way. For sure, for the artist, there is no one-way....

Pear in Light 2

by admin | Oct 5, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education, Oil Paintings for Sale, Still Life

I am playing with lighting and the concept of contemporary still life. Below is my second pear painting. They make a pare. I wanted to move the eye around the painting with design and composition. Using overlap, values, lighting and color to create form and space....

It would be easier to be a lazy painter – but not as good!

by admin | Oct 2, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education, Still Life

As a painter a lot of my struggles are against myself. Painting takes a lot of discipline. It’s sometimes a bother worth being bothered for to adjust a painting, even after you think it is finished. This still life of the Pear in the Light I had photographed and...