This step-by-step demonstration shows the process I use in my studio when I create a larger studio landscape painting based on a smaller painting that I completed in the field. Below is the 9″ x 12″ plein air painting that … Read More
The American Impressionist Society 10th Annual National Show opened on October 23rd, 2009 with a reception at Saks Galleries in Denver, Colorado. The juror of awards for this show was artist Quang Ho. He gave the First Place award to my painting … Read More
I’m finally getting around to posting about a recent painting trip I took to Salida, Colorado. I met up with fellow painter Brett Weaver and visited some other artist friends, Carl Ortman and Josh Been. Carl and Josh both live in Salida and … Read More
I recently participated with several other artists in a plein air painting event. Glen Eyrie Castle hosted the event on its beautiful grounds in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We painted throughout the castle grounds during the morning then framed our finished paintings. Artist Skip … Read More
I’m honored to announce that my painting Into the Light (pictured) received the Valerie E. Smith Award at the American Impressionist Society 9th Annual National Show at Coda Gallery in Palm Desert, California. The judge for the show, artist Calvin Liang, announced … Read More
For this studio painting I used Claessens double oil primed linen canvas, #15 (my usual painting surface). This painting, as with most of my larger paintings, was completed using a photograph as my reference. (My wife, Sarah, is the … Read More
For this drawing I used vine charcoal and compressed charcoal on a 12″ x 16″ sheet of Strathmore 400 series 80 lb. drawing paper. My source photo is one I took of my wife, Sarah, wandering out in the snow. … Read More
My painting Bathed in Sunlight (12×24 inches, Oil on Linen Panel) will be included in the 17th Annual Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils. Only 200 paintings were selected from over 2,000 submissions for inclusion in the show which … Read More