Sometimes I forget that others — even those who work with color studies — may not “see” the art in some of my more urgent, sometimes fragmented works.

Here’s how one color study is leading to a series of landscape paintings.

At left is a nearly-finished oil sketch.  I painted it this morning.

It’s based [...]

One of the best things about being an artist is the beauty I see everywhere I look.

When I was cleaning one of my palettes this past week, the running colors were so gorgeous, I had to capture them with a photo.

(Note: I paint with water-soluble oil paints, so I can clean them in [...]

Around dusk yesterday, our area lost all electric power.  The silence was wonderful — no humming appliances — and no streetlights to influence the colors of the landscape.

As the skies darkened, I decided to sit near a window and paint.

The difficulty when painting in low-light conditions is that… well, in the darkness, I [...]

Disneyland is celebrating its 55th anniversary. I grew up surrounded by Disney art, figures, and I watched the Mickey Mouse Club every time it was on.

I’m commemorating Disneyland’s anniversary with an artistamp.  It features art by my mother, Muriel Joan Bernier (1919 – 2010).

Click on the image to download a PDF copy [...]