Month: January 2007

Great painting day today in Pacific Grove. The light was perfect, very little atmosphere/humidity made for clear color. Of course on days like today, you need to invent distance (ariel

Yesterday, I visited the “California Impressions” exhibit at our beautiful new de Young museum in San Francisco. The exhibit had some nice work, but not the most impressive I’ve seen

This is the first of ten planned observations on plein air painting. “A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. Emotion is the starting point,

I received a nice email today. A newspaper in Marin has asked permission to reprint my painting below in an article they’re doing on Angel Island. Cheers! Angel Island Harbor

Over the coming months I plan to launch a series of posts that expose what I consider my top 10 observations as a plein air painter. Many of these apply

Here’s the second of the two studies I painted Saturday at Crystal Springs. I’m happy with the subtle colors of the background hills–in particular the variation between trees in shado

I painted two good plein air studies yesterday, this is the first, “Crystal Springs, Toward the Sun”. I’m currently reading Emille Grupe’s text on painting, and in it he writes

I was browsing through my favorite artists (see right side bar) and came across this painting by Charles Movalli. Wow! This is how I want to paint, with abandon: free

Here’s my second painting from yesterday, from Pescadero Point on the 17-Mile Drive in Carmel. The photograph is a bit washed-out compared to the original. I wish I lived close

I paid my dues yesterday with mixed weather–today was fantastic! I completed two paintings and met several other local artists, including renowned portrait artist Bart Lindstrom, a really nice guy.