This is your world without art
This is your world without art. My little corner of the world was rocked yesterday by a report that a staggering number of young New Yorkers are deficient in math and languages, according to new state tests. The district in which we live—which was once among the very top schools nationwide—achieved a piddling 59.8% language …
The one thing every plein air painter should know
If I were asked to list the most important skills for a plein air painter, they would include cleaning brushes, packing efficiently, and drawing (of course). But I would add a skill taught to me by my young assistant, Sandy Quang. Every artist worth his or her salt carries plastic shopping bags. (Here in Rochester …
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Sixteen scurvy navvies
The Halve Maen passing Hudson Highlands, 40X30, oil on canvas (also available in Giclée print) This painting is hanging in Sea and Sky: A Personal Journey, now through October 18 at Lakewatch Manor, 184 Lakeview Drive, Rockland, Maine (call 207-593-0722 for more information). I painted it to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s 1609 …
Oh, the places we’ve been!
This may be a first in computer history: a blog entry written by hand, using a pen. I don’t recommend it; it’s cumbersome and slow and when you’re done you just have to type it in again. Plus, I’m not sure anything I wrote made any sense. If the puff of blue smoke and whiff …
The art of practice, the practice of art
Carol Thiel’s field sketch of Durand Lake, done last Wednesday evening. About 9X12, and about three hours from easel up to easel down. If you read yesterday’s blog entry, you know that I was amazed she could get any kind of a painting out of the scene. This morning a young woman named Cherise Parris …