What’s New Most recently completed updating my barn layout and lighting to present an exhibit space along with my studio. Contact me anytime to visit – I always enjoy visitors! (see below direct contact info). Allot of recent focus on plein air painting around Maine from the ocean up to mountains. Lots of new … Read more
“The Spark”; Eclipse 2024 The half past 3pm time of totality won’t be here for another 5 ½ hours, but arriving this early allowed pick of any parking space and plenty of time to get some plein air painting done. Sandy River Plantation Maine at the Route 4 turnout promised 1 ½ minutes of totality … Read more
AI and art. Are you ready? Technology advances are about to hurl us into such a breathtakingly rapid and changeable world that we won’t know what hit us. “Artificial Intelligence” is rearing it’s inevitable head – just now emerging on the scene in both subtle and bold modes. AI promises to change all aspects of life and the … Read more
A work in progress from conception to framing. Join me in the studio as this painting is developed and I strive to push it toward the aesthetic I envision. Discover painting insights along the way and how a major change was made about half way through. Click on any image to enlarge. This … Read more
Growing as a painter Over the years, an artist will discuss and hear many views about how one approaches art, technique, materials, subject matter, etc…. In the process of producing an original work, an artist will have their own unique way of putting all these elements together. However over time, for most artists this changes … Read more
A work in progress. This is taken from a photo reference I took a few years ago. With all my home classes, I always try to gear at least one class to taking photo references which can be used for a portrait. It gives everyone a chance to use a camera to take the pictures, and … Read more
Painting with confidence – it’s just paint I’ve had the great pleasure of tutoring many aspiring representational painters over the years, and one thing that is very common with new painters is a tentative attitude when it comes to applying paint – more specifically oil paint. A person wants to learn “how” to paint, but … Read more
Second annual Open Artist Studio Tour is set for Saturday October 17. Be sure to stop in for a visit! This year, the tour features 16 artists who have also opened their studios -me included. Take a drive, take in some foliage, and visit the local artists! Click here for the map flyer and information: STUDIO … Read more
If you are an artist, or one who appreciates art, you will likely find this movie interesting. It’s available in DVD and Blue Ray and can be easily located with a search. The movie is made by Penn Jillette (from the famed Penn and Teller). One Caveat – Penn Jillette is first and foremost an Illusionist. … Read more
Coming on September 19, I will be participating in a new exhibit at Lyceum Gallery, “Embracing Beauty and Mastery”, where I will have ten new paintings on view. Please come by for the opening on the 19th from 5-7. For more information about the exhibit and Lyceum Gallery, please click here: LYCEUM GALLERY. BACK … Read more
Up to now traveling with a full compliment of art and painting supplies has been limited to car travel. In a little over a week I’ll be taking my painting supplies on a commercial airline for the first time. How to pack these supplies to stay in compliance with airline rules is cause for concern. … Read more