art projects

Sep 26, 20233 min read

The Importance of Experiments

Playing with art by making studies and using many materials and various styles to paint the same thing, is one way artists develop skill.

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Aug 30, 20233 min read

What I Learn from Helping

For the past few months, I've been involved with our local art association. This is a new adventure for me!

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Jul 28, 20222 min read

Gray Background & Vignetting Removed!

Fixing the gray background on a botanical painting photograph.

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Mar 17, 20222 min read

The Romeo and Juliet Series

It's officially a series! I'm finishing the third painting in a series of traditional botanical paintings based on Shakespeare's Romeo...

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Feb 21, 20222 min read

The Size of Art

Have you ever noticed the different sizes of museum paintings? Maybe, if you're like me, when you leave a museum, you think about all of...

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Feb 19, 20222 min read

The Artistic Voice

If you can walk into a museum filled with art and identify the artists without looking at the placard, then you understand artistic...

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Jul 18, 20212 min read

The Artist as a Reader

We are what we read! Books influence artists in many ways.

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Jun 22, 20213 min read

Painting a Realistic Rose in Watercolor

How I paint large roses in watercolor. This is a technical post for those who are curious.

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Aug 26, 20193 min read

Five Ways to Power Through

Some of my paintings take 50+ hours to complete. Here's how I make it through very slow work--and it's not just patience!

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