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A Natural Approach part 15

Elegant description of what painting can be…

Short video from the Frick Collection

Beyond the palette + Edges

Vicki Sullivan asked about edges so I dedicated the second half to this demo on edge treatment. The first portion is how I think of my palette mentally going "beyond the palette" or off the edge......

Link to Paintings

It's been a long time since I updated my website, so I posted a few images of older pieces for you all to study. If you have any questions or requests for video demos regarding a particular piece, ...

Part 14 of A Natural Approach series

The portrait for me is always psychologically frustrating, I want it to look perfect right away and it never does. Watch here how I build up forms slowly trying to get a likeness. It's not there ye...

Social Media Livestream

I haven't looked at the companies Instagram account for a while so I thought I'd share it with you all so we can see what is happening together. You may be familiar with some of these artists and y...

Commission Unveiling

For a significant part of the fall season I was working hard to finish up an important commission "Peony Garden" 43x67 inches on 3 different panels, one of my biggest garden scenes I've attempted t...

A 2 hour session! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

If I'm going to finish this painting I have to start putting some time in, so I decided to do a two hour block. I hope you enjoy it and I will see you next week.

Cloud Formations

"First one has to love nature with all ones heart and soul, and be able to study and admire it for hours on end. Everything is in nature. A plant, a leaf, a blade of grass, should be the subjects o...

Winter Landscape

This is a repainted version of a sketch I made on location in 2021 here in MA. It has been one of my favorite paintings kicking around the studio so this was a pleasure to make.

Ho...

Delicacy of Brushwork

This painting is another great example of different kinds of brushwork, look at how sensitive of lines he is making in this piece throughout the tree and conversely, piling on paint in areas like t...

A Natural Approach Part 12

Hands. Everyone says hands and mouths are the hardest to paint... probably true. There is so much character in the expression of someone's mouth and eyes etc. The hands tell a story, and this woman...

With Nature

I don't have a lot of my new work up on my old website so I thought I could post a few every once in a while. I recently photographed this for an article and it made me think of showing you all.&nb...

We paint with Paint

I had friend say one time that in order to "paint thick... you have to paint thick". What was meant of course, is that you are not going to make luscious paintings full of energy, if you are afraid...

A Natural Approach part 11

Welcome back! We continue the series with session eleven, I don't know how long I will continue on this but it is just getting fun. I really want to walk you all through a real painting and this is...

Berber Bride by Josep Tapiro 1896

This is a stunning watercolor, I like to share things that move me on a really deep level so you can experience it with me. This piece hits me in so many ways but the level of detail is extraordina...

Cape Cod Sketches

I will usually continue my plein air work in the studio after the fact, and not necessarily with any kind of reference. I find that when I'm out in nature I just enjoy the moment rather than stress...

Happy Thanksgiving weekend to my Patrons here on Patreon.

The community here has been encouraging for me as a creator, social media often times is over saturated and not very personal. I feel this is a closer experience to sharing my life with the people ...

First look at my other Black Friday piece.

I have these two new pieces available through Maxwell Alexander Gallery for their Black Friday show. It's an online showcase of affordable work meant as an introduction to new buyers.

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A Natural Approach part 10

We've gone through each stage of how a painting advances. Beginning with the study (completed in acrylic, then oil). Moving into the larger work by blocking in large sections of the painting and ev...

First Look at a new piece of mine called "Midnight"

A small 5x7 inch completed painting with a few studies that I do when I'm thinking about stuff... I've been exploring landscapes with the addition of cows, inspired by farms scattered around our ar...

"Rooftops in the Snow" Gustave Caillebotte 1878

The color harmony and values observed in this piece are amazing; it's on the more impressionistic side of work I study, but a really good example if you consider how efficient it is within a close ...

Years in the making

This painting by George Inness, (Scene at Durham, an Idyll, 1882–85, Oil on canvas on composite board) took the artist 3 years to complete. Next time you feel like "finishing" a piece re...

A Natural Approach series part 9

A painting is not a photograph... don't forget that.

When you are at work painting from a photograph it is hard to remember why you are doing this in the first place. Don't forget that a painting was never intended to be a photograph, they are two co...

Follow the light: a technical tip

One concept that I briefly skimmed over during the last session on A Natural Approach, which you may have missed because it was slipped in during the mixing of the ambient light falling on the woma...

A Natural Approach series part 8

The portrait is starting to take form, it's not completed but I was able to push it further this session and I'm happy with the direction things are going. Enjoy and comment below!

This is th...

Amaldus Nielsen 1838-1932

Norwegian painter that was brought to my attention by Patron supporter, Kasmin Johnson. I wanted to pass along the info if you are not familiar with this artist. 

I particular...

A Natural Approach part 7

Leave questions and comments below! Enjoy

19th century painting and photography

I've been thinking a lot about new work that I would like to do in the near future, and this Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret keeps coming back as a source of inspiration. The use of B&W imagery in this ...