There are several ways to create more depth and a feeling of 3-D space in your paintings. Some...

One thing is certain; the more I teach, the more I learn.  There are so many technical lessons:...

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I remember a conversation with Richard Carroll, the founder of Florida’s Forgotten Coast Plein Air, before my first...

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In this OPA blog, the issues related to using and copying the work or ideas of other artists...

I started painting at the age of 52, having no artistic training beyond high school, and absolutely loving...

There are so many aspects to being an artist. In the Beginning we start Exploring Mediums.… At first,...

Some years ago, while raiding the family library, I came across a slim volume of essays by Robert...