Sunflowers and Silver Pitcher | plein air still life
We have had a cold, rainy spring here in Minnesota. You have to take advantage of the sun where you can find it! This painting was done on a day…
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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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Mississippi River Rocks in Full Sun | plein air painting to last the whole winter
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…
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Mississippi River Reflections | plein air painting on the St. Paul shore
This painting was done on a beautiful, still morning along the St. Paul side of the Mississippi River. I didn’t know it when I set up, but it turns out…
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St. Croix River | outdoor painting just like the picture in the catalog.
When I was a kid, maybe around 15 years old (Maybe not a little kid mind you, but certainly younger than I am now…), I received a catalog of plein air…
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St. Croix River Rocks | outdoor painting at the water’s edge.
I know what you’re thinking, “Did he do a painting of a pile of rocks sticking out of the water?” And yes–yes, I did do a painting of a pile…
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Pine Trees and the Golden Hour | plein air sketch to studio landscape painting
I have noticed a lot of blog posts about the golden hour or magic hour in plein air painting. I think the best, and the one with a great little…
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Pine Tree Clearing; pastel landscape painting work in progress.
To start the above pastel painting, I pulled out a less than successful oil plein air study I did in 2007. The nice thing about using an older, not-so- stellar paint…
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Backyard Tree, studio landscape painting
The image above is the result of a three day studio landscape painting class that I took at The Atelier in Minneapolis. It was taught by landscape artist and plein…
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landscape | Painting | Plein Air | Trees | Work in Progress
Backyard Tree, plein air sketch
The weather was great this morning in St. Paul, so I spent part of this St. Patrick’s day outside painting. This is a plein air sketch that I did for…
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