Work in Progress: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Update 3             I came up with 3 more possible compositions – for a total of 8 for this painting. There may be more possibilities but I’m satisfied with these 8. Composition 6, a horizontal format, keeps the group of people at the lower left but adds […]

Thank you very much to the judges of Contemporary Art Gallery Online for awarding me 2nd place in their Portrait/Figurative Art Competition for my portrait Raine.

Work in Progress: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Update 2 Progress is slow on this project. It’s not because I’m having problems with it, though. It’s because spring is here, and the plants (and weeds) in my garden are beginning to grow. That means my painting projects will have to share time with my garden […]

A Discussion on Detail:  Continuing with some observations on edges My discussion this week is on edges. Judicious use of detail is closely related to the handling of edges. Edges, as most of you know, refers to the junction between two shapes – where one shape ends and another begins. Objects that have clearly defined […]

Normally, I would be launching into Update 2 of my latest painting here but I wanted, instead to discuss an important crossroads I come to in my art, a personal enlightenment or awareness of sorts that has been developing for some time. It affects directly the piece I’m currently working on, as well as all […]