In the field
Fly on Little Wing
It’s not often I write about my little individual painting experiences. If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram then you probably get too much of me posting. But a friend of mine while visiting at the end of the day over drinks, we were telling tales of our painting experiences so far this week and…
Read MoreAn Early Spring
I’ve been part of a little group of artists that head down to the Big Bend National Park area to paint each February now for 3 years. Nothing more than a few like minded souls getting together and doing what we come to do best. Paint If you’ve not been to this area along the…
Read MoreOutside the Realm-hiking the Inca Trail
I am still baffled by the fact that when I climb a flight of stairs, or walk up a steep hill that I am winded and my heart is going “boom-boom-boom” in my head, and yet it was only a month ago that I somehow coerced this old body all the way to the edge……
Read MoreFrom Pleins to Peru, gearing up
An agregious spelling error on my part or a not so veiled freudian slip? If you know me at all, you know that I travel quite extensively to paint, though if you ask me, and I’m a big proponent of this, “just look outside your door” if you want to find something to paint. I…
Read MoreWhat’s it all About
“Well it’s about this long, and about this wide, and about this country, about which we are singing about…” to paraphrase Firesign Theater If you are looking to me for what it’s all about, whatever “it” might be, you are looking in the wrong place. I have no idea. I think you have to take…
Read More“Meow” means “Woof” in cat.
Let me digress. Sure I’m an artist, and I paint a lot around the land, see a lot, and hear quite a bit too. Doesn’t take being an artist to see and observe. This world is a fascinating place, and I’m happy to be here, but sometimes you’ve just got to shake your head. Just…
Read MoreA Fly Over World
I was very fortunate this year to have made my first journey South of the Equator and visited New Zealand and Australia, and as I flew I continually wondered just how much I was missing out on. Crazy to think that I would travel any other way to the land down under, other than flying…
Read MoreOh Mama, No Drama
You know what one of the things I like most about painting in plein air events around the country? You, and people like you. I love meeting other artists and people. (not always interchangeable) Visiting with them, painting, just hanging with other like minded people. I think it helps me grow in my art. I…
Read MoreWhat does your T-Shirt say?
Or better yet, what do you say? What do you say to those people who come up to you while you are painting outdoors in a park, or a city sidewalk and they stop to ask you a question? Do you pretend like those headphones you have on, is actually playing music and you can’t…
Read MoreNeed a Push
It’s been a while since I’ve written here, but it’s not because I’m not thinking about it. When I began writing that first blog I knew there was no way I could do this daily, even trying to commit to weekly was pushing my limits. This is more about pushing yourself out of that little…
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