Cityscapes

1-Week Online Auction Starting Sunday

I have decided to try something new and fun this coming week, which is to hold a week-long auction on my Facebook artist page. Each day starting 9 am and finishing at midnight from Sunday, June 30th through the following Sunday July 6th, I

A Painting A Day in April – Day One

Well, I know I have been down the painting a day road before. And somehow it never gets old, it is always a useful practice to return to. This month I have decided to do this painting a day project again for a number of reasons: to

A Large Studio Painting: The Journey is the Process

I wanted to share something that I am working on because it is a new process for me and is something that I am doing to push myself to another level and to learn a new process in the process.   Working on the charcoal study from

Lobed Arches: Painting in Marrakech

I want to share some of my watercolors from my recent trip to Marrakech with you. There are quite a few, so I thought to share them just a few at a time to better enjoy them and to tell their individual stories. The Lobed Arch,

Day 29: Know Thy Materials

Well, materials are more important than we think. The more I paint the more I become what some might call "picky", but really it is more like specific. What I mean is in today's painting the paper. I hate this paper! I don't want to sound like

Day 27: Those Roman Arches

So I am a few days behind on posting here to the blog, but I assure you that I have been out painting! This was painted at one of my favorite places near my house, a huge intersection where Ancient meets modern Rome, called Porta Maggiore,

Day 26: Look Up!

One of the best parts of living in a city is looking up, especially in Rome. Romans loved to build larger than life temples, causing us to feel tiny, even in their aftermath some 2,000 years later. In today's painting, done at the Theater of Marcellus,

Day 17: The Baths of Diocletian, Rome

Oh Rome, it is always great to be here, even in the cold. One reason I love the daily painting project is that I have no idea what I will paint, so I set out first thing in the morning keeping my eyes open to what

Day 6: The Florida Burbs

I keep seeing this house down the street, glowing white and completely empty feeling. It has the distinct look of the suburbs from an earlier time. It also has a bit of a melancholy feel to it for me despite the strong sunlight that hits it