A Man in His Garden

thoughts on plein air and abstract art
I write as much as I paint, perhaps more. I think I should share some of those insights as this is a journal of artistic progress.Every painting is an experiment. The current goal is to reflect not only the visual model but the internal thou

thoughts on art; abstract plein air
I regard this as a fine abstract landscape. It is from this point that the painting gets developed in an attempt to accomplish something that is a representation of nature. One that gives comfort to those that need to know wh

thoughts on plein air and abstract art
I regard this painting as a 'Spiritual' effort.Done in the Temple of the Studio, reflecting thoughts and artistic aspirations, reflecting my knowledge of horses, plein air landscape studies with deliberate attempt to include abstract composit

Back from Beyond but Still Traveling
I'm home painting my familiar haunts after a whirlwind tour of the Northwest. Done harvesting hay with the horses, I saved August and September for plein air paintouts. I've got the garden harvested, the hoses put away so they won't freeze, the lawn m

Three Weeks on the Paint Out Trail
I'm off to the races or rather, Paint Outs. I'll be two weeks in Hood River, land of windsurfers and wonderful vistas of volcanoes and rivers.32 artists juried into the event. We have an itinerary of orchards, farms of flowers, the unique Maryhill museum grounds, Columbia River gorge, the steppes of the