Artist Studio
This painting is about a wonderful farm that I passed for years on my way to teach and was just recently sold to developers. I made up this story and poem to express my feelings about the farm, the painting and the state of life. Today on the county steps, another farmer’s shattered dream. He
This painting I did last spring and I liked it because of its’ simple elegance. The theme of stark trees against cool sky was all I need to say. I tried to make each tree unique and to really capture the cool mountain light. By using a large round brush for the entire painting I
This painting is slightly spooky, I painted the trees as just a dark transparent value and cut around the expressive tree shapes and lines with a golden opaque color with a blue glaze. The prose poem is an homage to Poe and Irving and brings us into the Halloween season. Edge of darkness falls Malevolent
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We drove out onto the Tai Pan very early just as the sun came up. In an open Land Cruiser, the morning chill was heightened by the wind blowing back through the open window. The world was surreal, dreamlike, and was cloaked in mystery and romance. We were looking for the Kalahari’s Black Mane Lion. Driving down the dirt path we came to a field where everything was covered in beautiful delicate spider webs
This painting was my demonstration for my watercolor class. I was attracted to the wonderful sky and the dark lacy pine tree against the the late evening sky. I hope you like it, I found this painting to be a reflection of the need for a calm port in the storm. “Last Light” The fading
These two images are both of the same image just trying to get a different feel. In each I am trying to capture the light and the relationship between the wall, trees and distance. A morning in March Stones stacked by giants Stand silent, backs to the west Sun baked turtle shells Absorbing the
This painting is just an impression, of one of those moments that exist for just a fraction of time. The brilliance of the sunset in the desert is so spectacular it can be a cliche if handled too sweetly. I tried to get the values right and to emphasize the concept that it is all
This 18×24 watercolor was painted for the Annapolis Watercolor Club several weeks ago. The lesson was planning to have a center of interest and to make the movement of the painting lead the viewer in the right direction. The clouds lead you into the break in the trees and the light on the weeds moves
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Today I am putting up a painting of mine I have titled “Black Ice”. It is a opaque watercolor with a heavy emphasis on the mystery of the pose of the woman. She seems to be sad and lost in thought. Sometimes we have to tell the story as it is and this is one of those moments.
Here is another revisit of one of my paintings an oil painting of Botswana. I have written a poem about it that reflects my feeling of the change that happens when a weather front comes through. The painting is a very direct piece that I did in on short session, my goal to just capture the energy of the weather and the beautiful light.
When I started writing poems to go along with my paintings in the Rockport workshop I struck on the idea of going back through some of my paintings and writing verse to go along with them. This is an attempt to explain the mood of the painting, or a reaction to the painting now. It is not really a how I painted it poem or what I was thinking about. Just the image of the work and what it says to me. It might say something different to you.
The weather changed and it was quite spectacular. Blue skies, wispy clouds, light and shadow it was the perfect day to end the workshop. I hope you have enjoyed my blog the last 2 weeks and maybe you will consider joining me next year the first 2 weeks in September. Painting with friends is always
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