This week I've been doing tax preparation so not much painting but the last four pastels have been reworks of old paintings. The color p...

Many of my paintings are reworks. To start with a ghost image is my favorite thing to do. This one was an abstract painting from 2009. The...

This is Chain of Events, pastel, 11 x 11 inches. It was painted over the ghost image of a painting of the same name from 2009.  Here is ...

My goal is to paint with abandon - that means without inhibition or restraint. When I am able to do this, creativity flows. I'm not pain...

Around the middle of December I posted images of three 6x6 oils I thought were done. They weren't. I painted on each of them again and ...

At the beginning of each year I clean out my file cabinets, clean out my flat files and look around the Studio for paintings that aren'...

December 31, 2017 Black Diamond, Washington Dear Subscribers and Followers, THANK YOU for your support and interest in my art during ...

I'm looking at my end-of-2016 post from last year and I'm not going to repeat how quickly the year went by (but it did!). As alw...

Overnight Artisan Bread INGREDIENTS 3 cups all purpose flour 1-1/2 cups lukewarm water 2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. yeast DIRECTIONS 1. In ...

I awoke before 5 AM enthused to get back to my easel. Note: If I had left that painting as it was last night instead of painting over a la...

Painted for a while and then I had to scrape it off. Painted for a while longer, then I had to paint over it so I can sleep tonight...

Busy day today but I promised myself I would spend one hour at the easel before moving on to other things. Here's what happened in ...

I'm finally getting back to the easel. Warming up with these three little florals in oil. By noon I had wiped the center image ...

You may remember my October post about painting a scene for a new cookbook. I'm at it again, this time for the cover. I'm painti...

My final Private Session for the year was introduction to oil painting with Reneé. After reviewing supplies, we painted together for a few h...

Remember those small oil paintings I couldn't resist painting over in my November 10th post? What I really should have done is sand them...

As you know, I'm a big fan of the DailyPaintworks site and have had work there for 6 years. In an effort to expand my online presence, I...

Last Saturday I was a "test case" for a live feed of a Northwest Pastel Society meeting. I gave a presentation on Online Presence ...

I love this time of year because it is when I look around the studio for stuff that bugs me. I found eleven canvas panels and gessobor...

Yesterday I came across a very nice site that posted my work in early 2010. I am happy to be included and just updated my info there. If you...

Years ago I had pastel paintings in the Randy Higbee 6" Squared Exhibition and Sale  in Costa Mesa, CA. Then, I got busy selling my sma...

Another acrylic breakthrough...well, every acrylic painting that survives in my studio is a breakthrough because I am so at odds with that m...