Category Archives: Paintings

Original Americans, Indians, and the Trail of Tears – Painting in Progress

The painting I most recently finished began as a practice painting for a portion of a work in progress, Anguished Spirit (Trail of Tears). I drew the composition in full size some weeks back, and decided to paint the lower … Continue reading →

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Tip: Under Painting Shadow

When under painting  shadow, I like to consider the shaded area and lay up a wash of Cobalt Blue or Ultramarine Blue in them, especially when painting people. In this particular painting a Cobalt Blue for the shaded area will … Continue reading →

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Using Different Palette Approaches to Create Emotion

In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is–as it physically is…if one says red and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds~Joseph Albers Colors … Continue reading →

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Gustave Courbet: An Uncompromising Artist

Not only was Gustave Courbet’s class-conscious art subject matter alien to critics, but his uncompromising and painting technique, evolved to treat rural themes, was mostly immortalizing the common, middle and laboring classes of his home town…people with whom he was … Continue reading →

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Dutch and Flemish Masterworks Exhibiting at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection will conclude a national tour at he Museum of Fine Arts Houston. This is one of the world’s most spectacular private collections of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings—including … Continue reading →

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