I used to be a prolific painter (I also had a house-cleaner) and taught and wrote about art. Now, I prefer a more balanced life putting fami...

It was fun to have Deb, Pat and Susan in the Studio today for the first of three Fall Mentor Sessions. They inspired me to make a pl...

A month ago I thought I was back in the Studio but no...Now I really am back and trying to remember who I am and what I do. Spent the mornin...

It is the end of summer 2018 and time to move back into the studio (which I just found yet another way to rearrange!). A few of the small p...

Today I had the opportunity to draw from a live model. Somehow, nearly 50 years have gone by since I last did this. I'm not joking...the...

plein-air   |  plānˈer  |  adjective  [ attributive ]  denoting or in the manner of a 19th- century  style of painting outdoors, or with a s...

This is how Marlene's Dock began This morning was much cooler and overcast setting the subdued mood (no bright sunshine, no sparkl...

August 8, 2018. August Sunrise II, oil, 6x8 inches, Plein Air Started before 6AM with very little color in the sky. Painting fast bec...

August 1, 2018 Lake Sawyer wc August 2, 2018 Lake Sawyer wc August 3, 2018 Lake Sawyer wc During the first 3 days of August I pa...

Best summer in recent memory...hot weather by the lake, lunches with good friends, my Critique Group for the Fourth Annual overnight here, o...

Every time I post in yet another medium on this blog, I lose subscribers. I wonder if my pastel followers are still around? I like to experi...

I imagine you are as tired of this one as I am but I'm finally happy with it. I had to rearrange my studio to finish it because wet oil ...

Earlier today, when I thought I was done painting on this, I had a nice long phone conversation with a good friend and while chatting I saw ...

I have long been an advocate of painting landscapes from memory. My theory is that by a certain age one has many "memorable" sce...

Yay! I survived the acrylic underpainting stage (seen in my last post) and spent an hour yesterday morning with oil. Considering the man...

I have spent most waking hours of several days working on the figurative piece shown as a line drawing in my last post. I had, what I though...

Coming full circle back to figurative work? I'm thinking about this. I just posted a lot of words on my Golden Years Blog about li...

Ah....s u m m e r! My main focus has been the gardens and I am starting to miss my Studio time. Yesterday, for a  short time I put on my ...