Today I went to work again on an object as it's raining cats and dogs outside. I'm liking painting inside these last few days, if nothing else for the change of pace and solitude. Sometimes it can be distracting paintng outside when everyone wants to
Sometimes I have a debate with myself about the importance of subject matter in painting. Can a single object painted well be more beautiful or somehow meaningful than a poorly painted landscape? Definitely. But what is it that I want to paint? Is there any
I almost can't believe that it's day 69 and that I'm actually this far along in the project, the days are just flying by. To tell the truth I don't think I've been challenging myself too much these last few days, but rather have been
Today I was house/cat sitting and there were just so many interesting objects in this house I couldn’t resist but paint something, so I chose this pencil box. It’s quite large, I imagine it was a cigar box. I’m not really sure what it was,
I was eyeing this spot a few weeks ago and had to be over this way this afternoon, so I stopped to paint here in the morning. In the summer this barely noticable park turns into a zoo, which Florence's only "beach" below. This is
Today's painting was an experiment and memory exercise. I was down on the river and this scene was there, with the darkest purple sky I've ever seen. Of course along with that sky came the heaviest rain. Even though I had parked myself under the
It seems like it takes multiple times of repeating something to have it sink in. Today I learned another valuable lesson (again) about what I like to paint. I went by to see some friends and their various studios earlier today and saw all of
I had this painting in mind on and off and decided that today was the day to try it out, especially since it’s been awhile since I did an interior. Looking at the painting after the fact, the single pot on the stove leaves me
Today was the most beautiful day with these huge round clouds sailing through the air. The landscape was changing constantly with the light and shadows jumping around with the sun coming in and out from behind the clouds. This was painted from a bridge that