Sunflower sprouts | Grow your own spring
Minnesota has had an incredibly cold spring. Super cold. As in–we had snow flurries in the last week of April. Given the chilly weather, I think I’m not alone in…
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Alla Prima Pear
Let there be light More alla prima work this week, but this time I did something a little bit different. The above painting was done using 2 different light sources….
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The Red Cloth
I’m taking a break from the Vessels still life to play around with some alla prima painting. Alla prima is a method of painting where the image is completed while…
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Still Life | work in progess
Because the one thing I get asked the most by anyone who knows I paint is, ” What are you working on?” And because I always love to talk about…
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What’s on your easel Wednesday #3
Because the one thing I get asked the most by anyone who knows I paint is, ” What are you working on?” And because I always love to talk about what I’m…
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What’s on your easel Wednesday #2
Because the one thing I get asked the most by anyone who knows I paint is, ” What are you working on?” And because I always love to talk about what I’m…
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What’s in your pastel collection?
Start talking shop with anyone who works with pastels, and you’ll very quickly get to one of the most popular questions, “What brand of pastels do you use?” My answer?…
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Vessels | Work in Progrss
Because the one thing I get asked the most by anyone who knows I paint is, ” What are you working on?” And because I always love to talk about what…
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Landscape painting with pastels | Riverside Pastel
I flip through a lot of art magazines. I look at magazines geared towards collectors and magazines geared towards other artists. I always find it fascinating to read about how…
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Autumn in Minnesota | Plein air painting in the Apple Orchard
I got a message from my painter friend Elaine on Facebook. She was inviting me to tag along on a plein air painting excursion to the Minnetonka Apple Orchard just…
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Plein Air Sunflower | ready for my close up
It was one of those perfect Sunday mornings. The sky was a beautiful shade of blue, and I was at the University of Minnesota’s Display and Trial garden. I must…
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Recycling a plein air painting and a vacation
So the rain finally stopped. Excited, I bundled up in damn near every article of clothing that I had brought with me. Slinging my bag of painting gear over my…
