Throughout the ages, since the very first scrawls were made in caves and tribal hunting events were recorded...

If you’re like me, seldom do you emerge from an art-supply shop without having bought a new brush....

Did you know that OPA has been sharing artists’ blog posts for over ten years?  We have an extensive...

A long-standing wish of mine was fulfilled this summer: to teach at the New Orleans Academy of Fine...

So you want to be an artist?  Go sit at your palette, wear old shabby clothing, wear a...

The times we live in and the problems people are dealing with make me pause. Although I am...

The topic of skies in the landscape comes up all the time with my private students and is...

Character, Personality, Spirit, Soul – these qualities cannot be measured by the length of the nose or the...

I am a professional artist, but what some people don’t know about me is that I have played...

I consider myself a colorist.  That is, I find that color palette inspires the visual message I wish to...