I've been glazing this 20x20 inch oil almost everyday for more than a week. Changes are so incremental that I am having a hard time e...

There is something about cherries that is cheery. A symbol of summer and sunshine? 6x8 inches, oil on panel. "Cheeries" is sold

Look at my lonely pastels in the background...so sad. In March I began working in oil and I just can't stop to return to my 'prima...

This is the Rose, an illustration for Colored Pencil Solution Book (page 106) - aaah it does my heart good to see it again. I still ap...

I love fir trees and wanted to paint this one, standing watch beside a rivulet, but it seems the smaller the format, the bigger the challe...

Today's post is a couple detail shots from a 20x20 inch oil interpretation of a very small, detailed pastel painting, "Twiligh...

Every artist and their work evolve. My art career began as a fashion illustrator working in pen and ink (black and white). When I moved to...

Oil Study #10 is our backyard pond and flower garden painted from a reference photo taken last summer about this time. It looks s...

This is the painting on linen canvas that was in my July 9th post, painted from a photo taken on our January trip to Hawaii. Weather on Ma...

Today's post is my Pepper. This was painted quite some time ago and resurfaced during my latest studio cleanup. I remember cutting this ...

Sometimes I have to just stop, clean off the counter in my studio, and line up the paintings I'm working on to keep myself sane. The c...

As some of you may know, I co-authored Colored Pencil Solution Book , published by North Light Books in 2000. I still have my illustratio...

Remember the wood panels I was preparing? That was June 18th ( click here to see the post ). Well, I wasn't happy with the texture of th...

The painting that had the happy accident (see 7/2/12 post) is done! Titled "Waterway," 8x10 inches, oil on panel.

I found a good wall spot in my studio where I can hang finished oil studies framed, one at a time,  for a short 'so long, it's bee...

I posted recently about loving those little ribbons of color on my palette. Some of you are curious what they are so I'll name them st...

I just realized that I didn't give Oil Study 7 it's 'frame time' on this blog. It will be sold unframed but seeing it in a...

Still on the easel, this oil study is coming along. Maybe I'm turning into an oil painter because when I look at the little ribbons of...

And the winner is....the artichoke! I love this 6 x 8 inch oil painting from the 'short stack.' It will join Lemon Slices on my DP...

When I found the stack of little oil still lifes, I culled the worst and called what was left the 'short stack' in my last post. I...

This is the short stack (the best of the whole stack) of 6x8 inch still lifes I mentioned.  I'll be posting these little paintings, on...

  Another "find" during my recent studio cleanup. I came across a stack of little oil still lifes. This one is 5.562 x 8 inches...

For the past few days I've been preparing panels for more little oil studies. These 8x10 inch wood pieces are first painted on the bac...

A change of pace...instead of another Pacific Northwest setting, this scene is from a road trip to California last May. I like the way the...

I'm doing it! I'm putting paint directly on my Open Box M palette. Having a good time! Started a painting from a reference photo o...

I was so excited to receive my new little Open Box M panel holder last week! But I was traumatized at the thought of actually putting oil pa...

As a pastel artist, I'm not used to mixing color so this summer's exploration into oil paint has been fun and challenging. I mad...

Another 10 x 8 inch oil color study. I finished this one before I found my Richard Schmid color charts which would have been really helpfu...

This post is especially for my friend Kay who is falling in love with oil. Six years ago I purchased Richard Schmid's book, Alla Prima...

The real purpose of this blog post is to celebrate the clean counter-top in the background. That is where my pastel painting alleyway ...