Studio Journal
Entry Nine — Late Summer
The days are hotter, and I feel myself slowing.I wonder if the blazing temperatures of late summer are intended to prepare us for the hibernation of winter. Bright, restless days...
Entry Nine — Late Summer
The days are hotter, and I feel myself slowing.I wonder if the blazing temperatures of late summer are intended to prepare us for the hibernation of winter. Bright, restless days...
Entry Eight — Days of Wine and Roses
Dear readers, This past week in the studio, I have spent my time staging & modeling subjects for my next few paintings. As we travel ever further into summer, I've...
Entry Eight — Days of Wine and Roses
Dear readers, This past week in the studio, I have spent my time staging & modeling subjects for my next few paintings. As we travel ever further into summer, I've...
Entry Seven — The Nature of Transitions in Art
"Peonies in Bloom is not a painting of one bouquet; it's a portrait of many, all culminated into one painting." As these words were tapped out for my next...
Entry Seven — The Nature of Transitions in Art
"Peonies in Bloom is not a painting of one bouquet; it's a portrait of many, all culminated into one painting." As these words were tapped out for my next...
Entry Six — 50 Brushstrokes
It's easy for artists to fall into the trap of carelessness when encouraging freedom in brushwork. It was this past week that I realized I had fallen into that very...
Entry Six — 50 Brushstrokes
It's easy for artists to fall into the trap of carelessness when encouraging freedom in brushwork. It was this past week that I realized I had fallen into that very...
Entry Five — For My Collectors; Past, Present, ...
Art is the looking glass I've seen the world through for as long as I can remember.If you've read previous entries, you know there was a very distinct moment I...
Entry Five — For My Collectors; Past, Present, ...
Art is the looking glass I've seen the world through for as long as I can remember.If you've read previous entries, you know there was a very distinct moment I...
Entry Four — Shadow Boxes and Chasing Blooms
This past week, I'd gotten my hands on some of the last May peonies of the season.If you've been following my Instagram feed, you're intimately familiar with these flowers. I've...
Entry Four — Shadow Boxes and Chasing Blooms
This past week, I'd gotten my hands on some of the last May peonies of the season.If you've been following my Instagram feed, you're intimately familiar with these flowers. I've...