I’m working from memory and photos as I paint this landscape. Unlike my previous painting, which is semi-abstract, this one is turning out more tonalist.
The canvas is 18″ x 36″ and this is an oil painting.
I’m adjusting two areas right now: The color of the sand and the way that the water gets darker [...]

I’m getting bolder with my colors and my compositions.
This is one of a series of paintings that are more abstract and have a clearer voice than many of my other oil paintings.
I’m very pleased with this work. It’s powerful and has energy and flow. I like it.
This is the first of three paintings [...]

This morning, the light was bright enough to continue painting this landscape.
I made the sky brighter around the moon, enhanced the reflected light and dark areas, and generally worked on the temperature (warm or cool colors) throughout the painting.
It’s within a day or two of being ready to varnish and frame. I’m pleased with [...]

When I woke up this morning, the sun was partially hidden behind stripes of clouds. It was startling.
It’s tricky to get set up to paint and capture the view before it changes. During a sunrise, even 10 minutes can make a world of difference. So, I worked quickly, relieved that I’d bought [...]

This morning, I thought about going to the park to catch the sunrise, but didn’t get out the door in time. I looked out my window and the sun was already in the sky and the colors were fading fast.
So, I took out my pochade-style easel (a cigar box mounted on a camera tripod) [...]

After over a week of tweaking, this website is almost ready for me to add new art images.   The greatest challenge wasn’t tweaking the code, but deciding on a background color for the pages.  Since most museums and major galleries use a white background for their sites, I went with that, but… I’m not sure.  [...]

It’s another start, and it’s a good one. This is the beginning of a painting showing how dawn looks in northern Maine, along the coast. I’m working with reference photos taken one early morning near the Canadian border, as well as memories of how simple–but rich–the colors were.
Right now, many areas are just [...]

After nearly a week in New England, including lots of coastal Maine, I returned home full of enthusiasm and creative visions.
Upon returning to Texas, my first step was to buy a stack of large-ish canvases, generally 20″ x 26″ or larger. Then, I started several paintings. As of noon today, I’ve started five [...]

This is a new website format, based on a content management system.  That will make it easy to add new art and articles.
I’ve spent a full day adjusting website colors, checking how these pages look on different computer and in several browsers.   Finally, I checked the websites of my favorite art museums and several upscale [...]

This is a color study that I began as a plein air painting in Bush Park, just outside Houston, Texas. I spent another 45 minutes in the studio, finishing it from memory with some reference photos.
Basically, I wanted to convey the beautiful colors in the grass at this time of year. Some fresh [...]