While looking through reference photos last night, I stopped at one that had caught my eye before. In the distance, a rower in a small row boat on the lake. After zooming and cropping, I found an image and design that I liked. I’m starting to second-guess parts of this painting, now that I’ve had … Read more
As (primarily) a landscape painter, travel is important. The Bay Area is beautiful, with lots of variety, but there’s nothing like getting out of your usual surroundings to spark new creativity, inspiration and push yourself technically. This past Spring I was fortunate to study with Kevin Weckbach (I highly recommend his workshops, here are my … Read more
I wanted to play with abstraction and paint quality today, so I painted this from a reference photo of a beach canyon with a mixture of ice plant and sage brush. It felt good (mentally), not to think to much and just respond. I’ve had a lot on my mind lately, but hope to return … Read more
I was looking through my reference photos and came across a memorable one from Pescadero State Beach. Before the “dot-com” money ran out, in the years I was painting full-time, I used to paint here often with early artist friends like Kim Fancher-Lordier, Ann McMillan, Julia Seelos, Cathy Boyer, Cynthia DeBenedetti , et al. We’d … Read more
John Ebersberger is scheduled to teach at l’Atelier aux Couleurs, our local art academy (in Petaluma) July 6-10, 2009 . He’s an incredible colorist, and will be teaching ” Painting the Still-Life & Figure in Full Spectrum Color”. Please sign up! They may need to cancel since the class isn’t full. I’ll be there.