Does surrealism work in painting?
Is landscape enough? If not, how does an artist start insinuating his or her higher thoughts into the work?
The limitations of style
Ravenous Wolves, oil on canvas, 24X30, $3,478.00 framed includes shipping and handling in continental US. I’ll be painting next weekend in Camden on Canvas. I’m a little rusty because my time right now is being taken up by things that have nothing to do with painting. While I can’t go out and do a full …
Growth and change
How does one find one’s purpose as an artist? Should we build that into how we think about our work? Ravening Wolves, 24X30, oil on canvas, is as close as I get to didacticism these days. “How have you grown as a painter in the last ten years?” a student asked me. My drawing and brushwork …
Monday Morning Art School: practice makes perfect
Beautiful brushwork rests on a foundation of good preparation. Ravening Wolves, 24X30, is in my show, Fantastic Places and Magical Realms at the Camden Public Library, month of December. I recently came across the sketch below, of two wolves. I was surprised and pleased, because it’s something I drew about a decade or so. It …
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Landscape
Ravenous Wolves, oil on canvas, 24X30, $3,478.00 framed includes shipping and handling in continental US. The Vineyard, oil on linen, 30X40, $5072 framed, includes shipping and handling in continental US. The Wreck of the SS Ethie, oil on canvas, 18X24, $2318 framed, includes shipping and handling in continental US. “Midnight at the Wood Lot,” oil …
Independent thinking and group norms
If you’re constantly feeling wrong-footed or inadequate, perhaps the problem isn’t with you, but your tribe.
Paint your dreams
When someone says “paint your dreams,” they’re speaking metaphorically. But here I’m talking about a visual exploration of your aspirations and hopes.