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Figure Painting Techniques for Trees
I painted my first tree at age 12 and continued to paint landscapes for the next few decades. ...
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Becoming more “Painterly”
Reading many blogs, posts, and comments from developing artists, a common theme I have found is a desire...
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Painting Still Life
Picasso… Caravaggio.. Henri Fantin-Latour, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Francisco de Zurbarán, Braque, Mary Cassatt, Miró…Gauguin. Monet, Manet, Renoir, Adelheid...
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Paint, Music and a Paper Clip
Chewing gum, a soda bottle, and a paper clip and supposedly we can MacGyver our way out of...
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How to Inflate Your Life Raft
Let me begin by saying that 2018 was the most challenging year of my life. Through a series of...
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Remembering the Legendary Everett Raymond Kinstler OPAM
August 5, 1926 – May 26, 2019 How can it be possible, that one of the greatest painters...
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The Artist as Conservationist
Growing up I was always outside exploring the woods and loving the changing light but never thought about...
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A Moment In Time
A moment in time means a couple of things to me. I think each of our lives is...
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Making Art Inevitable
“The object isn’t to make art, but be in that wonderful state that makes art inevitable” – Robert...
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Saving What Works
I think every artist has them. Paintings that for some reason just do not work out. They are...
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