I painted the both works below on Sunday–the first plein air, the second in my studio. I suppose it’s fair to say it would be difficult for anyone to identify these as coming from the same artist. This is part of my “split personality”: In the studio, I find it easy to be more inventive … Read more
I took snap shots of this painting in progress, and stitched them together to make a YouTube video (using iPhoto and iMovie). These are useful to others interested in my process, but they’re also good reference for me. I often times over-work a painting. I think perhaps it may have made sense to stop this … Read more
Yesterday was an absolutely perfect day to paint. The light could not have been clearer. It was an orange-yellow, which made the most perfect blue-violet shadows (shadow colors are generally complementary to the color of light). This is the type of light/shadow that clearly inspired the French impressionists. In fact, while painting, I was reminded … Read more
The small town of Ojai is (pronounced /?o?ha?/) is a city in Ventura County, California. The city was founded as Nordhoff, until the time leading up to World War I, when anti-German sentiment was high. Ojai is a Chumash word meaning “Valley of the Moon”. It should be called “Valley of the Stars”, because Ojai … Read more