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Setting Up a Contemporary Still Life

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In this blog article I attempt to deconstruct the set up for a still life painting by the British artist Euan Uglow....

Some New Seascape Paintings

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This blog post features some recent seascapes. I did all of these at the end of June 2018 after selling all the seascapes I had on display at my last art fair....

Recent Work: April 2018

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A selection from a series of small paintings done over the course of a week....

A Simple Still Life with Limited Palette

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A simple still life painting done with a limited palette....

Experimenting With Artistic Ideas

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 Storming sea (working title). 8x10, oil on linen panel. 2017 A couple of weeks ago I listened to an interview with Kirstine Reiner Hansen on the Savvy Painter podcast. She talked about the need for all artists to set aside time to create things just for themselves, that is, to do wor...

A Light Display Over The Kitsap Peninsula

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  Dancing With the Light. 6x10, oil on linen panel. 2016 There is something particularly special about the light in winter in the Pacific Northwest. There are many days when the sky is completely overcast and the day is totally gray, yet sometimes the air is clear and the clouds race across th...