Two fine painters taken by cancer too soon
Both will be remembered as far more than the sum of their work. We should all aspire to that. Jorge, by James Asher, courtesy of the artist’s website. When I met painter Jim Asher, he and his wife, Joe Anna Arnett, had just learned that he had untreatable esophageal cancer. One would never have known …
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Monday Morning Art School: how to set up a studio on the cheap
Our ancestors produced masterpieces in badly-lighted, small, cold cramped spaces. You don’t need to spend a fortune to furnish a studio. The Testrite #500 easel has served me well for many, many years. I recently got an email about how to set up a studio. After counting about $20,000 in construction and equipment, I laughed …
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Places we shouldn’t have tried to go
As long as we have three wheels on the ground, we’re fine, she insisted. Below the Ridge, by Carol L. Douglas. If you’ve worked with me in the last few years, you know that I can no longer stand to paint. My back has given me fits since I had radiation twenty years ago. I’ve …
Why the details matter
Super-simplified paintings may intrigue at first, but do they have enough information to satisfy over time? Snow at higher elevations, by Carol L. Douglas Yesterday we let the software engineer out of his cage. He traveled down to Pecos National Historical Park with us. He could get a signal enabling him to work. Meanwhile, we …
There’s no law west of the Pecos
Suffering from over-the-next-hill-itis? Over the next hill it is, then. Snow along the Pecos River, by Carol L. Douglas. I’m in New Mexico with painter Jane Chapin. She’s prepping for surgery on her painting hand; I’m doing physical therapy for my back. Some people might think we ought to be in a retirement home. Instead, we’re …