Memorial Park
As I mentioned last week, I've been in decluttering mode lately. As I was reorganizing some of my paintings this week, I found this small piece from a plein air…
Two Urns
This afternoon the weather was beautiful, sunny and mild but windy. I wanted to go out and do a quick plein air painting, so I found a sheltered…
Artist Residencies
Have you ever done an artist residency or have you interacted with an artist who was doing one? Residencies are arrangements where an artist is given lodging and…
Standing in Shadows
On a recent trip to Edisto State Park, I was fascinated by the contrast of the dark back-lit tree silhouettes and the brilliant reflection of the sky in the marsh…
How to Forge a Derain
At the suggestion of art friends, I’ve been watching Forger’s Masterclass videos on YouTube. The forger teaches students to paint in the style of several famous artists. My favorite is…
Camp Limberlost
The lakes of the Adirondack Mountains are home to fabulous rustic compounds known as the "great camps". On the last evening of the Publisher's Invitational Paintout, we were invited…
St. Regis Falls
At the Publisher's Invitational Paintout in the Adirondacks in June, 100 painters scouted the best locations within a 50-mile radius of the Paul Smith's College campus. Lakes, mountains, old barns…
Ice Cream at Twilight
When I was child growing up in a small town in North Carolina, our house was hot in the summer evenings in spite of big fans in all the windows. …
St. John’s in the Wilderness
Near Paul Smith's College in the Adirondacks is a small historic church, St. John's in the Wilderness Episcopal Church. I was fascinated by the shapes and odd angles of the…
Adirondack Creek
On the painting trip last month, Barbara Yongue, Glenda Keyes and I spent a few days in Vermont, then took a ferry over to the Adirondack Mountains of New York.…