My day in the studio started with the oil painting on the right. This is the painting that followed Color Study for Destiny, sold a cou...

I'm a fan of painting every day but sometimes life happens and it's impossible. For me, the next best thing is selecting one day a...

A Simple Truth: Trust  |  pastel  |  12 x 12 inches click here for the magnifier The Backstory: There are two parts to this backstory ...

Woodland   |  oil  |  7 x 5 inches A wooded scene of light play among the trees. Oil painting in muted violet, cobalt and rosso vene...

Long ago, I created an art database in FileMaker Pro and the format hasn't changed much over the years. Quick, efficient and organized...

Sitka Meadow  |  pastel  |  13 x 13 inches Several years ago I painted "Sitka Meadow." It received a Third Place Award at a ...

After the dinner dishes were done last night, I came back into the studio and began painting for an upcoming small works show at State of...

Wishing you a peaceful day. "Simple Truth: Respite," 7x5 inches, oil on Gessobord® sold

I'm starting 2014 with the simple truth in my painting. I will try to hold that thought all year to create paintings for the viewer to...

I would like to name this painting "Through Mama's Eyes" because the reference photo (top) was taken by my mother years ago....

I have a few thoughts for the new year... About my blogs - At the beginning of my 7th year of blogging,  I send my heartfelt thanks to ...

As I look back on my work of 2013, one of my favorites is "Ambiance," a 6x6 inch pastel now available online at my Daily Paintwo...

I put my iPad in a cello sleeve to protect it from paint spatters. Today I added a Transparent Oxide Red + Cobalt glaze over the Viridian ...

Each year at this time, I rearrange the studio furniture to make additional space for our Christmas Eve family gathering. Here is a photo ...

Here is the pastel color study with the work-in-progress oil painting. The finished painting, Day by Day, oil, 16x20 inches can be see...

Color Study for Day by Day  |  pastel  |  6x8 inches Bid on this painting or Buy It Now The painting process

My comfort level is working with pastel, not oil paint, so when I began to feel unsure of what to do next to the oil painting I'm work...

Another painting done with a painting knife instead of a brush. Yummy thick color. No Place Like Home  |  oil  |  6 x 7.38 inches s...

Step 2 (above)    In my last post, the beginning thoughts for this painting were very faintly roughed in with a pale oil wash. In this ...

It arrived by common carrier in two boxes with excellent protective packaging inside. Yes, it really does go together with just two scre...

What do a French Mistress and a wooden wheel have in common? My oil painting taboret! See it HERE .

Well...yes, I'm on a sabbatical but maybe it isn't a painting sabbatical as much as it is a pressure sabbatical. Until we finish our...

Last summer I was able to momentarily subdue my frugality and paint thicker in oil. That exercise produced this 8x6 inch painting that w...

Last year at about this time, I painted a 7x5 inch pastel color study for a larger work tentatively titled "Dappled Path." The col...

Well...yes, I'm on a sabbatical but maybe it isn't a painting sabbatical as much as it is a pressure sabbatical. Until we finish o...

Many thanks to juror Casey Klahn for recognition of my work, "All in Due Time" in the Northwest Pastel Society's 2013 Membe...

Last July we took care of our neighbor's yard while he was away. We mowed the lawn and watered the flowers during what was an exceptio...

  First, it was pulling out all those old colored pencils, whispering the names and numbers to myself while sorting them, and then lettin...

This small detail is from one of my colored pencil paintings. My technique was slow and tedious. I used a sharp point, light touch and ve...

Last summer, when I wrote the article for Pratique des Arts, I painted a color study in oil for the larger pastel painting that was featur...

Yes, I'm on a painting sabbatical but this painting has been kicking around the studio for months, framed temporarily until I decided ...

Well, it was a long time coming but here is the official publicity blurb:   Whether the economy is slowing down or bubbling, the ...

I don't want to lose you as a subscriber or follower of this art journal blog while I am on my painting sabbatical - I'll be back ...