Monthly Archives: July 2010

I often tell my students to push themselves beyond what they think they are capable of. We all like to lie secure in the harbor and tackle only those things within our own abilities. But one needs to push oneself … Continue reading →

One thing that I truly enjoy about the summer is outdoor plein-aire landscape painting. It gets me out of the studio and into a new environment and experience. There is time set apart for true reverie. The product becomes not … Continue reading →

“…beauty is not the result of incomparable technique alone. It rises from the feeling of balance and equilibrium in all these moving surfaces, from the knowledge that all these moments of  motion originate and come to an end in the … Continue reading →

Periodically, I visit a studio of a fellow artist and as to be expected it is set up in a way to satisfy his artistic needs. There is a series of sky lights facing northeast and a large window east, … Continue reading →