Come check out my art at the 25th Annual Women’s Art Festival. ONE DAY ONLY. I’ll have originals, prints, and cards for sale. There will also be a few special holiday deals. Over 130 Women Artists, Live Music, Food & Drink, Lots of fun! When: Saturday, December 9th, 2017 9:30am...
Nov162017
2017 Women’s Art Festival
Feb242017
Book Review: “Hawthorne on Painting”
I read art books in the hope that I’ll learn something new, or find a new-to-me way of looking at an old tool or idea. I seek out information in an effort to grow as an artist and try to be a more effective instructor. I consider a book...
Sep72016
Flying Turtles Process
I’m not quite sure where it came from. The idea arrived, and delighted me with its silliness. I pretty much followed my usual process on this one: drawing, reference, value studies, color studies, paint. Line Drawing and Value Studies This time I drew on tracing paper and did minimal values with the...
Jun12016
Owl Man Progress Shot
Finding a balance between imagination and realism. After the lay-in (getting a first layer to start setting up value and color relationships) this time I decided to tackle the flesh tones in the face first before developing other areas. I’m trying for a dusk or night time look so...
May192016
Artists for the Atelier Show and Sale
Artists for the Atelier: an Atelier Instructor Art Show and Fundraising Sale May 20, 21, 22 (In conjunction with The Atelier 2016 Student Show) Enjoy and purchase prints, drawings, watercolors, oils, sculptures, etchings and prints of figurative, still life, landscape and imaginative artwork from our fundraising exhibit to help...
May112016
2016 Summer Art Classes and Workshop
Come join the fun! Enrich your summer by learning and playing with art. I will be offering 3 classes and one workshop for the 2016 summer session. All classes are held at the Minneapolis based art school The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art. It is located in the...
Mar232016
Real vs. Believable
While in art school I desperately wanted to learn how to make things look real. One of the instructors said to me on several occasions, and I’m paraphrasing here, “is it (the drawing) believable”? Lately this idea has come to the foreground for me and I’m questioning what “believable”...
Jun242015
The Magic Pencil
When starting out many artists hunt for the magic pencil. We read books on what the “masters” used. We ask artists more experienced than us what pencil, brush, plein air box, brand of paint they use. I think this is because we’re looking for the “right way” to make...
May272015
Bear Falls Prints Available
Limited Edition prints of Bear Falls are now available in my Square Market Online Store. The image measures about 8.125″ x 10.333″. It’s printed with Epson DuraBrite Ultra Ink on 8.5″x11″, letter sized, Epson Premium Presentation Matte Paper. Shop now >> Rushing wind. The calls of the birds hardly...
Dec312014
Painting Values
This experiment isn’t my idea. It’s based off something Jeff Larson does during his still life painting workshop at The Atelier. I’ve been wanting to do this for a while. I watched him do something similar during the workshop demo but wasn’t able to take the hands on portion...