San Luis Obispo Plein Air is among my upcoming shows, so I need to have ready some paintings of the area for the preview exhibition. Hollister Peak is a well known landmark in San Luis Obispo (try this Google Images search to see lots of photos and paintings), so I revisited this landmark and painted … Read more
Still painting with a knife, and really enjoying the process (unlike poor Cristy Anspach, who wrote a very funny comment on a previous post about painting with a knife). Laura Reilly and Bill Guffy also chimed in with their comments and positive experiences. This is keeping me loose, keeping colors clean, and just a physical … Read more
While I’m recovering from surgery this week, I’m slowed down quite a bit by medication Since my surgery Monday, today is the first day I felt I could paint. To keep things simple, I decided to continue using a painting knife (no brushes to clean!). Realizing I have a show in Lake Tahoe coming up, … Read more
Painting with a painting knife last week in John Eberberger’s workshop last week reminded me how different it is from a brush. The main differences are :1) you have less control (at least I do, I’ve seen some deft knife handeling by experts like Camille and John); 2) you can achieve much cleaner color; 3) … Read more
I studied with John Ebersberger this week at l’Atelier aux Couleurs: the Art Academy. John’s a great teacher, full of energy, enthusiasm, and most of all, knowledge. He is from the “Hensche School” painting method, whose lineage goes backward from Henry Hensche (John’s teacher and Hawthorne’s assistant), to Charles Webster Hawthorne (Chase’s assistant) to William … Read more
I’m attending John Ebersberger‘s workshop this week, so been a bit busy. This is my first attempt embedding a video using my new blog software, so hopefully this will work! If you don’t see an embedded QuickTime video below, here for the video posted on YouTube. This is a plein air figure painting start by … Read more
It’s been a while (10 days) since I’ve had a chance to update my blog. A lot is going on! I spent time tonight framing for my show coming up next week. Meanwhile, I did have time to do this painting from a reference photo taken in Kauai last year. Enjoy! AVAILABLE IN MY STORE