Staying motivated in the lonely studio
Painting is not performance art; the real work happens when we’re alone. Still, it’s a form of communication. That contradiction is a challenge.
Painting the living language of canyons and buttes
The dialogue between earth and time is difficult to paint. Reference photos don’t adequately describe it, so you have to be there.
Monday Morning Art School: painterly, loose brushwork
Loose painting looks effortless because the artist has already figured out what matters and what doesn’t.
High desert dawn
This little painting represents a narrow window of time, a few moments of light, a handful of choices. In its best form, that’s what plein air painting should be.
Monday Morning Art School: retraining your eyes
Painterly seeing is in some ways the opposite of everyday vision. The brain has to be tricked into slowing down.