by admin | Aug 12, 2010 | concepts in painting, Oil Paintings for Sale, plein air
Seeing Above the Tree Tops – 11 x 14 inches, Oil on Canvas Sometimes we need to take a step back and examine the bigger picture. Today must have been one of those times! Completing this plein air painting, I captured a fuller image than I usually do. I decided to...
by admin | Aug 8, 2010 | concepts in painting, Education, Oil Paintings for Sale
An accomplished painter once told me a painter needs to paint their fixation. He explained that painting our neuroses provides us with the most in-depth, emotional pieces we will ever complete. Taking his advice, I coined a simple phrase: Artistic Neurosis. It...
by admin | Aug 5, 2010 | concepts in painting, Education, Oil Paintings for Sale
I sometimes wonder what we, as artists, can do to breathe life into our oil paintings. We can always add colors, change textures, or alter our brushstrokes. But I find that even doing all of this is not enough. To make our paintings remarkable, we must look past our...
by admin | Jul 25, 2010 | concepts in painting, Education, Oil Paintings for Sale, plein air
I recently found a model in the most unlikely place: our bank. She had perfect features for painting, similar to those you see in Baroque Art. Even greater, she was a still model whom everyone enjoyed painting. During my first session, I painted her in the shadow,...
by admin | Jul 13, 2010 | concepts in painting, Oil Paintings for Sale, plein air
See open paint #1, the beginning of this experience. It was too hot for the model on our second evening, and unfortunately, I hadn’t thought of that problem until tonight. But thanks to the ingenuity of a fellow artist, who suggested a fan and shortened pose...
by admin | Jul 12, 2010 | concepts in painting, Oil Paintings for Sale
Some of my fondest memories of childhood are of my mother working in her garden. It could have been her strong, ethereal connection during those moments, or maybe just the warm glow that laboring in the sun brings. Whatever it was, it imprinted a lasting memory of...