Everything You Need to Bring to Paint Outdoors
Everything I bring with me when painting plein air. For years, I claimed I was a studio painter and I didn’t like to [...]
Practicing with Intention
Creating a value study from a photo. I prefer doing these from life, but in a pinch I’ll work from a photo. Have [...]
Inside the Studio
All of the paintings in this blog are from a series of 5x5 and 6x6 oil paintings all exploring the same idea. Using a [...]
Extra Special Fall
It seems like an extra special fall. The colors seem more intense than ever before. It’s been soul food for me. Nature has always been [...]
Hello, October!
Fall at Kehl Lake Leelanau If you made me pick a favorite month, it might be October. I don’t know if October skies [...]
Walking Down Memory Lane
The Three Graces, painted for the opening of MBTB Shelby Township in 2012 If you live in Metro Detroit, you have probably been [...]
Have a Plan and Stick to It
All my value study tools. Recently, I was talking with a fellow artist about some of my art goals. One involves creating more [...]
What Inspires?
Wolf Kahn While the making of art can be a pretty solitary journey, the greatest interactions often come from other artists — both [...]
Lasting Change and Learning
A magnificent Florentine sunset. The sun was setting over Florence. I was on my balcony, wrapped up in a blanket on a cool [...]
Studio and Plein Air; Plein Air and Studio
“If I could say it with words, I wouldn’t have to paint” — Edward Hopper So, it is a bit of oxymoron for a painter [...]