Weeks ago I had a request from a collector for another 6x6 pastel to hang with her previous purchase. I told her I would be painting more 6x...

On the easel today, Twilight II, pastel, 6x6 inches. It began with an oil wash then pastel. I took it to my Friday afternoon painting grou...

I just finished packing up seven paintings to deliver to Attic Gallery, Camas, WA. Suddenly there is a big blank space on my Studio wall tha...

Left, Color Study 6x6 inches                Right, 25x25 inch pastel in progress Switching my eyes and brain from my 6x6 inch color stud...

For those of you just tuning in, I am repainting Golden Afternoon II. I'm using my 6x6 color study as my reference ( see it to the rig...

Golden Afternoon III, pastel, 6x6 inches Read the backstory here.

Rock Creek Winter, oil, 8 x 10 inches The two things on my calendar today are 1) Finish tax prep for meeting with our accountant and 2...

Bells, oil, 6x6 inches I'm happy to post that my painting, "Bells" is now in NYC at the Prince Street Gallery. It will be ...

Homeward Bound II, pastel, 10 x 8 inches Backstory: Last week I was inspired by Facebook's "Throwback Thursday" to com...

Morning Creek, pastel, 10 x 8 inches Available The Backstory : It was nearly time to leave for my Friday painting group and I wasn'...

Rock Creek Winter, oil, 10 x 8 inches    sold One more time. I have been painting the streams and creeks in our area and I thought I was...

Grinder Creek, oil, 10 x 8 inches Available now, will ship when dry. See the backstory below. Last summer I was playing with a...

Rock Creek Winter #4, pastel, 5x7 inches Available This may be the last of the Winter series of this subject. It is the end of January a...

Rock Creek Winter Series: #3, pastel, 5x7 Available on Daily Paintworks

The second painting from my Friday afternoon painting group is called "Country Memory" because I borrowed a meadow scene reference...

A good painting day last week at our Friday afternoon Paint Group*. I painted two little pastels. For the first one I took a reference pho...

Rock Creek Winter Series #1, pastel, 7x5 inches   Sold Here is the completed painting and links to each of the remaining videos. 1. De...

In this photo of my painting on right (and the reference photo on the left) , I have completed the darks and the lights.  I'm using N...

I'm starting to figure out how to make a demo video - shorter is better for many reasons. But, if the video is only a couple minutes lon...

ROCK CREEK TUESDAY, pastel, 7x5 inches. See the video Purchase the painting Before it was "Rock Creek Tuesday", this piece...

WINTER CREEK, pastel, 6x4 inches with white mat. Frames to 10x8 inches. Available on DailyPaintworks Winter Creek, 6x...

Today my brain recalled more of the details of my mystery of years ago. I logged into my Comcast Email and VOILA! there, in the SPAM folder,...

I have been blogging my Art Journal since January 2008. After a couple years and 227 posts later, subscribers and followers quit receiving m...