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Reflections and Sky Holes
In choosing a subject to paint I often find I’m drawn to water. Of all the elements we...
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An Interview with Suzie Baker
I had the privilege of meeting Suzie Baker, briefly, at the Oil Painters of America (OPA) National Convention, held...
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Paintings That Speak
What makes you fall in love with a piece of art? At the 2017 Cowgirl Up! show in...
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Artistry and Craftsmanship
You enter an art museum… you come around a corner… and there it is: a painting that immediately...
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Packing for A Painting Trip
Recently I had the pleasure of taking a trip to Maine with other painter friends. This was not...
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No Matter What, Paint
I love to paint most everything but my passion is doing figurative work, especially portraits. Nothing is more...
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BACK TO BASICS: COLOR
There isn’t time in a blogpost to cover all of the basics of color, and no one wants to read pages of color blather anyway, so the following are a random smattering of thoughts on color that have made sense to me over time.
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Rooms
Attending my high school class’s fiftieth reunion this past June has me in a reflective mood. Home, back...
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Two Keys
You’ve spent your life hoping to learn the ‘secret’ to becoming a better artist – while being told...
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John Singer Sargent: Nascent Modernist?
Most painters today think of Sargent as a realist; an artist who was capable of painting extraordinarily life-like...
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