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Closing Out The Year: Fall 2021
Dec 29, 2021
Closing out the year with a look at some of my work from Fall 2021....
Recent Work: Feb 2019—the winter stretch
Feb 5, 2019
This blog post shows some of that the new paintings that are coming off the easel this winter. It's a mixture of different things, including some that have been in the studio for ages....
Plein Air Painting of a Ship
Jun 2, 2017
I've done paintings of boats and ships a few times, albeit with varying rates of success, but I felt the need to do something different with this one....
Painting Tip #3: Add Light to a Painting to Make it More Interesting
May 19, 2017
Some revisions are made to a plein air painting of a fishing boat....
How Do I Paint a Fishing Boat?
Nov 1, 2016
Blue Pacific (study). about 6x10, oil on linen. 2016 The Fisherman's Terminal in Seattle is potential goldmine of artistic opportunity but the imagery is hard to capture when working on location. A painting partner described it as "the black diamond slope of plein air painting". The problem is...
Fishing Boat WIP
Sep 19, 2016
Vampy (WIP). 12x12, oil on linen panel. 2016 You know it's been a long and difficult painting day when the trash bag that contains your discarded paper towels weighs more than the plywood panel you were painting on. This side view is a painting that I was working on and really struggling with today....