Category Archives: the creative process

Tonight’s Paint

This is drying a bit. Will look at it again tomorrow. I heard someone say in a video, rather derisively, that of course your paint should be on your RIGHT if you’re right handed and then of course I noticed … Continue reading →

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Happy 2019!

After staying up last night til midnight and doing the traditional door opening to let the old year out and new year in, I did step out on the porch to see what the new year was all about and … Continue reading →

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Glad Solstice!

After what seemed like weeks of grey raininess, today the sun made a late afternoon appearance. I DASHED out of the house. It was 31F and falling with a good breeze so it was not comfortable painting weather but I … Continue reading →

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Keep on…

Being an artist also made me realize that I wasn’t built for the type of loneliness that comes from art. Art is slow, physical, resistant, material-based, and involves an ongoing commitment to doing the same thing differently over and over … Continue reading →

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From the Quote Box – Constable

Always remember,sir, that light and shadow never stand still…. In your skies, for instance, always aim at brightness, although there are states in the atmosphere in which the sky itself is not bright. I do not mean that you are … Continue reading →

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