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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Tea Party
In an effort to push for some new ideas for still life, I decided to try an unusual perspective for this piece, and an unusual format. I set up this…
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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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Green Tea Kettle
I loved this tea kettle when I saw it at the store. This particular shade of green is so me… With this set up, I’m using a different perspective than…
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Blue Pot, Orange Begonia
Today, I was lucky enough to have a few uninterrupted hours to get into the studio. I thought this would be a great chance to revisit this wonderful potted begonia….
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floral | Painting | pastel | Still life
Forsythia and Copper Canister, final
I do love reaching the end of a painting! I had such a wonderful time working on this piece. It has been far too long a break from pastel this…
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Forsythia and Copper Canister, update #2
I’ve been digging through my boxes of pastels to find colors that I can use to unify areas of the painting. To do this, I try to find a color…
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color | floral | Painting | pastel | Still life | Work in Progress
Forsythia and Copper Canister, work in progress update
I finally got back over to the studio today. We have been moving from an apartment in the Warehouse District of downtown Minneapolis, to our first house, over in Saint…
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floral | Painting | pastel | Still life
Forsythia and Copper Canister, work in progress.
Today I thought it would be great to have another dose of spring. I have loved forsythia since I was a kid. I have some great memories of a forsythia bush…
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Pastel Field
Still more longing for spring… Here in Minnesota, we have had a few days with above normal temperatures. Then, things dipped back down into the single digits. This little painting was done…
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The Painted Bowl
Please click here to bid on this painting. This was a quick painting. In addition to pushing to my artistic abilities for brushwork, speed has emerged as one of my artistic…
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color | floral | Still life
Yellow Roses and Swedish Tapestry
I really wanted to try out a yellow background. I not sure why. That was my over riding thought as I was heading to the studio this morning. I have had a couple…
