Work I Progress: Hydrangea

Work In Progress: Hydrangea             One of my favorite shrubs is the Hydrangea. They are simply gorgeous from late spring through early summer and provide color here in Florida right after the Azaleas finish blooming. They, along with Camellias and Azaleas, provide for a long season of color in the deep south that starts in […]

Gallery Representation

Gallery Representation – a great opportunity requires some changes. I’ve had to make some unexpected changes with regard to my art projects and the changes require that I postpone the Ruby Beach project. I recently made arrangements to display many of my paintings at a local gallery – a great arrangement – but continuing to […]

Work In Progress: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Update 3

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 […]

Work In Progress:Ruby Beach, Update 2

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

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 […]

A Discussion On Detail In Painting

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 […]

Work In Progress: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park

Work in Progress: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Update 1 A few years ago, for our 25th anniversary, my wife and I took a trip to the northwest US and Canada – Washington state and British Columbia. The scenery is phenomenal – towering mountains, huge stands of Douglas Fir, mist enshrouded lakes of azure, thunderous […]

Featured Artist – SOBO Gallery, Winter Garden, Florida

I want to express my appreciation to the Winter Garden Art Association for choosing me as the Featured Artist for their April Exhibition “Our Beautiful Earth”. The theme for the exhibition, which is being held at the historic SOBO Gallery in downtown Winter Garden, is “a celebration of nature and our beautiful earth”. I will […]

Work In Progress: Raine, Update 7

Work In Progress: Raine, Update 7 Here is the completed Portrait of Raine. I made some adjustments and refinements in the painting. The area under the chin was darkened a little bit. I also made some small adjustments in the eyes, the width and size of the pupils. Small adjustments to the mouth. Also finished […]