Poplars on the Mississippi River Sandbar 11×14″ oil on linen panel $400, free shipping in the US A lot of people don’t like painting on gray days. I think they have an image in their heads of standing in front of their French easel in a field of beautiful grasses, the sun shining in from the [...]
mississippi river
I have been doing a lot of painting set up on the banks of rivers in the last few months. I have noticed in my own paintings that some days the colors reflected in the water are quite intense. More saturated. Other days, the reflections are a bit more washed out. Still beautiful. Still a [...]
You know how you sometimes stop and think to yourself, “I’m going to have to remember this feeling?” I had one of those moments while I was out painting last Sunday. I was down on the Saint Paul bank of the Mississippi River with my mother for another plein air painting outing. The sky was [...]
Just a quick post to announce a new painting; I’ve been working on upgrading my website. I am finding out all I don’t know about web design and site development. I suppose that I am learning a lot, but I’m taking a somewhat frustrating road to get there. The above painting was done on a [...]
It was a great day for plein air painting in St. Paul… at least it ended up as a great day for plein air painting in St.Paul. I made my way to the park this morning, and with view finder in hand, began looking for inspiration and the next subject to paint. I set up my pochade [...]
