Remastering an Old Painting - Art of Repainting Feather Boa Skirt - 2009 I painted this over a year ago. When I saw it on the gallery wall, I felt at once that this was a piece I had rushed to call finished. Nate, the curator of Smith Klein Gallery, said he liked [...]
The waterfall was a challenge. I didn't have a clear idea of how to handle it, even though I liked my previous study. I painted it about three times before I was ready to move from it and concentrate on the surrounding rock. I worked mostly with horizontal and vertical brush strokes in the water, with a few swipes of my palette knife, and an occasional nudge with my finger. In the end, I like how I captured the movement of the water.
I've found a new love: rocks; I can paint them (and water, yes always water) for a long time to come and find endless treasure...
When I see work by my favorite artists, I am seeing my own potential. Perhaps I will never realize this potential, but I nevertheless am inspired by what is already within me. I wonder if it's this way for everybody. We see what we could do if we only overcame whatever limitations are in us, and we feel a zesty excitement.
Beautiful week of painting in Colorado. I've been so inspired after reading "Problem Solving for Painters..." by Gregg Kreutz. The title sounds like one of those dime-a-dozen art instructional books, but this one truly is a gem, right up there with "Alla Prima" by Richard Schmid. I also just started reading "The Art Spirit" by [...]
Lately, my aim with painting is simply to improve. I look over the body of my work and see nice pictures, some more than others, but I am feeling an intense eagerness to improve...