A couple days ago I posted about removing varnish. I included a photo of my gloves, turpentine, cloth and my painting "Percy Wiseman...

Yesterday I posted about removing Gamvar varnish to repaint one of my older paintings. Today I noticed "Percy Wiseman," a 24x24 in...

Months ago I painted my orange teapot with orange (fruit) and a candle. A fun exercise in orange but the painting has been moving around my ...

I think the older I get, the shorter my attention span. In the 1990's I worked in colored pencil and it was not unusual for a painting/...

Recently, I posted a sad story with a happy ending. Today, I'm posting additional happiness and asking the question, "How do we kno...

This is the initial layout for "Onion," an oil painting on gessoed aluminum panel. I love this surface. Thanks to our neighbo...

In 2012 I painted "Sanctuary" shown above. This is a big pastel painting at 25.5 x 19.5 inches. Add a mat and frame and it get...

I'm finally back at the easel working in oil on aluminum. You can read the backstory on my Golden Years Blog. Lemon, oil, 20 x...

When I work in pastel, I paint one painting at a time. My favorite method is paint it, photograph it, frame it, move on to the next one....

I'm starting on a series of oil still life paintings in preparation for a fall group show. There is a "look" or genre I'm ...

P2019-1-28 Violet Evening, pastel, 3.5x5.5 inches Still playing with my Terry Ludwig 14 Violets. Mini Pastel available at Mini ...

P2019-1-27 Violet Road, pastel 3.5 x 5.5 inches Available at mini-painting price on DailyPaintworks Reference photo for P2019-1027 Vio...

I started today's post with the intention of showing you my beautiful new set of Terry Ludwig 14 favorite violets and talk about a new s...

Lovely work today by the artists in my first Mentoring Session of 2019.   My next session is Friday, February 22nd. One artist had to...

Four painting stations set up for my first Mentoring Session of 2019. Friday, four hours, four students. Looking forward to it! It...

The lightest spots This is the time in the painting that I forget to take more photos. Sorry. Sunrise 1, pastel, 5x7...