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A portrait of lost time

A portrait of lost time

Carol L. DouglasOct 5, 20234 min read
Buffalo loves its grain elevators but can’t quite figure out what to do with them. I feel exactly the same way, but I’m a landscape painter.
Your success does not diminish me

Your success does not diminish me

Carol L. DouglasOct 3, 20233 min read
You’re the only person who matters in your own art career, and you make your own measuring stick.
Monday Morning Art School: composition is about light, not objects

Monday Morning Art School: composition is about light, not objects

Carol L. DouglasOct 1, 20234 min read
Most realist painters don’t spend nearly enough time on abstract design, even when they understand the critical importance of line and value.
Nothing lasts forever

Nothing lasts forever

Carol L. DouglasSep 28, 20234 min read
Sadly, we can never predict what will remain and what will be washed away by the tides of time, never to be painted again.
Painting as mythmaking

Painting as mythmaking

Carol L. DouglasSep 26, 20234 min read
Perhaps in fifty years, people will find fields of solar panels or modern windmills beautiful, but right now they make us uncomfortable.