Is the ocean a reflection of the sky?
Water is so immense, slippery, and mercurial, that it is impossible to nail it down into a schtick. Instead, the painter must rely on observation.
Surf’s up!
Even though its seasonal cottages have been replaced by vacation homes, when I face toward the sea, nothing has changed about Ogunquit.
What makes a painting valuable?
In the Rock-Paper-Scissors scheme of things, does acrylic ever top oil in terms of being taken seriously by collectors and curators?
Monday Morning Art School: do you see what I see?
We humans are too smart for painting. We paint with our reason rather than our eyes. That gets us in all kinds of trouble.
Weeds, pests and other good design
We’re in a long run of beautiful weather here in Maine and we’ve been out plein air painting as much as possible.