It’s been awhile since my last blogpost- but that hasn’t stopped my paintbrushes from moving. Painting conditions here (in the Great…

Look at this sun raining and shattering upon Presque Isle! (This weather is sometimes a natural phenomena in my corner…

Yes, it was a long and cold winter, but the cold made us pause and appreciate the colors…

I was recently assigned a project from an artist friend of mine - which is a great way to keep challenging, learning, and…

I wanted to show you what things (or experiments, as I like to call them) I've been working on for the past few weeks. Texture. Pattern….

Here’s a weekly hello from my snowy part of the world. In this post, I’d like to touch base on a cool subject that’s close to my heart; snow!

It is now three weeks into January and I am just as far along into the Strada 31 Day Painting Challenge. The challenge consists of painting or drawing something from life everyday for the month of January.

It’s been a while- five weeks to be exact. We greeted and said goodbye to the holidays, 2020, and all the little and big things in-between. This is the first year…

Drawing people from life is one of my favorite things to do. There’s a thrill about it similar to plein air. Here’s why…

I’ve decided to mix it up this month a little bit. Instead of focusing on just painting within this blog, I’m going shift gears towards one of my art loves…

It’s about time for a seasonal painting. Here’s a tiny bit of home for the birds and people who need it…

It’s amazing how fast autumn flies by. I painted this only a few weeks ago, when the richness of color could be seen at…

I read recently that the Romance Painter, William Turner, tied himself to the mast of a ship during a storm. Whether this tale is true or not….

What a gusty day it was painting across the bay! Sometimes the only way to paint in the wind is to get creative, find out where…

Autumn is an interesting season when we can see so much variation in the outdoors. Everything seems to go…

The painting in the last post focused on using a more limited palette. This one, however, is quite the opposite. It is an explosion….

Autumn is typically a time for bright, vibrant colors. It can also be a time for limited palettes and experimenting with cooler color…

There is rarely a bad place to paint on a farm. Just a short drive away are many farms, especially vineyards, to paint from. Vineyards have an interesting….

Lighting has so much impact during outdoor painting. Whereas creating light in an indoor space can be controlled, an outdoor…

Fall is by far my favorite season. Like springtime, Autumn is a transition period with an increase of changes in our natural world. It seems to happen so fast each…