Work in Progress (WiP)

My art practice is a Work in Progress as I learn new techniques, try different palettes and surfaces and canvas sizes. When I begin a painting, I study the image I am using for inspiration, and how I want to translate it. I can sometimes be so excited to get the painting Read more…

The Artist’s Studio

There is a lot of learning and work to making art, and it takes time, money, and effort, along with frustration and self-doubt to keep getting better. What I think is also very important and critical to the creative process is the ‘where’ of making one’s art.   For several years Read more…

Selecting an Image

I paint in a style I call non-representational landscape, in which I want to capture the light and mood of the image. It might be good for my character development to replicate the details of the image perfectly, but while it can and has turned out well, it would not Read more…

Building a Painting

I tend to follow the same process every time I make a painting, which I am sure can sometimes drive my art coach crazy; it sometimes makes me crazy too. I can be so excited to get the painting started that I just start painting….. with mixed results! Then I Read more…