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Garapata plein air oil paintings
Garapata Strength 5″ x 7″ oil on canvas panel Click here to purchase I tried to take some photos of work in progress, but like usual I missed a few steps. For this painting I used a cotton canvas...
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Picket Fence and Marsh Plein Air oil Paintings
Ebb & Flow of the Marsh 5″x7″ oil on canvas panel $100. .Click here to purchase. The second painting of the day. By the time I finished this painting it was high tide which change the shape...
View Article101 Inspirational Art Quotes
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” - Aristotle “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his...
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Painting Italy
I’m in Italy now teaching a workshop. If you are womdering what happened to me and my newsletter last month, I was moving. I’m still in Phoenix, just a new place. I didn’t realize how much stuff I had...
View Article12 Steps to Finding Your Artistic Voice
Artists begin working on series often without realizing it. Their obsessions are fueled by an emotional attachment to a concept or to a place. We want to learn all we can about it and to do our best....
View Article13 Steps to a Successful Plein Air Painting Before You Start
1. Dress appropriately, make sure that you are wearing neutral clothing and no whites. 2. Then have a clear vision of what you want with your painting before you start. 3. Make sure that your palette...
View ArticleThe Pros and Cons of Premixing Your Paints
There are a lot of opinions on premixing your colors. I have found that at times it is advantageous, but most of the time I don’t premix. I’m not talking about mixing tubes of paint, but mixing piles...
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Picket Fence and Marsh Plein Air oil Paintings
Ebb & Flow of the Marsh 5″x7″ oil on canvas panel $100. .Click here to purchase. The second painting of the day. By the time I finished this painting it was high tide which change the shape...
View ArticleUpcoming and New Workshops Added
Oh My! It has been a busy summer. A move to start the summer and off to Europe for 2 1/2 months before the unpacking was even done. It was an eventful trip with many paintings, memories and lots of...
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Garapata plein air oil paintings
SOLD Garapata Strength 5″ x 7″ oil on canvas panel Click here to purchase I tried to take some photos of work in progress, but like usual I missed a few steps. For this painting I used a cotton...
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Picket Fence and Marsh Plein Air oil Paintings
Ebb & Flow of the Marsh 5″x7″ oil on canvas panel $100. .Click here to purchase. The second painting of the day. By the time I finished this painting it was high tide which change the shape...
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Redentore Church in Venice Italy
My posts on my blogs have been lacking lately. I just moved into a new house (my second move this year). NEVER AGAIN!!! I found the perfect house to buy. It has a large lot (big enough for a studio)...
View ArticleLots of News and Goings-On (Is that a word?)
If you follow or have followed my blog, you may notice that there isn’t much in my blog. My website was badly compromised by a plugin. Things really got messed up to the point that I lost almost...
View ArticleValentine’s Day Special – Mini Paintings
I recently got on a kick painting some small mini’s (2 1/2″ x 3″ and 3″x3″) of sunsets and skies for Valentine’s Day. Each of the paintings are framed and ready to go. Included with the paintings are...
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