Tonight, I am adding in more of the forest in the lower section of the canvas. This is a mixture of French Ultramarine Blue and Yellow...

Today, I am painting the landscape in the lower section of the painting, which is a mixture of Yellow Ochre and French Ultramarine Blue....

Lapis lazuli is the root word used in Spanish and Portuguese for blue stone. In Spanish the word azul is blue. Centuries ago, French...

Today, I am painting in the remaing section of the sky. I am using a mixture of french ultra-marine blue, permanent alizarin crimson and...

After painting the outline of the bridge and trees, I am ready to paint the evening sky. I start with the sky because it the farthest...

After painting successive layers of white gesso, I added two coats of grey gesso to the yet to be titled 30" X 40" canvas. The darker...

While finishing up the "Inglorious Chorus" painting, this is a good time for me to prepare another canvas for a new painting. This will...

It has been a difficult past few weeks. There was the loss of some dear people, the tornado that came through middle Tennessee, and...

Today, I am focusing on the upper part of the canvas. My intent is fill in more layers of the hazy rain and fog covering the the...

It's been about a week since my last painting session. Over this time, simply viewing the painting has been my intent. This has given me...

I'm at a precarious stage at this part of the painting process. Painting too much can overwork the composition. There needs to be just...

Inspiration can come from different places. This painting is inspired by a picture my partner took with his phone several months ago. It...

Sometimes painting is just about the process. Tonight, I am focusing on the process of adding more color and layers of paint, giving ...

Painting is stupid. And this is the reason I like the simple, even instinctual; act of smearing paint on the surface of a canvas. When I...

This oil painting is about the effects of the environment on an urban street scene, but it is also about the effects of urban life on the...

After being on vacation for two weeks, I am returning to work on the oil painting of "Inglorious Chorus." My intent is to continue to...

Today, I am continuing to layer the the oil painting, "Inglorious Chorus." Starting near the edges of the canvas and working toward the...

After applying the seventh coat of gesso and sanding between layers, the canvas is primed for painting. Today, I am painting in a basic...

In this video, I begin the preparation of applying gesso to a blank 30" X 48" canvas. This process will create a smooth flat surface to...

It's later than you think. Do what you enjoy. Those words have been rolling over in my mind over the last few weeks. After a full day of...