Figuring out the composition

Figuring out the composition

Arriving at the Sylvan View boat ramp and dock was the easy part, figuring out the composition was the hard part. I had a complicated jumble of boats, docks, houses, trees and water to unravel before starting my painting. Each view had merit, but I wanted strong light...
Ellicott City Paint It 2022 final results

Ellicott City Paint It 2022 final results

Ellicott City Paint It 2022 is in the books and here are the final results. I won a sponsored award from AARP of Maryland and a cash prize! The painting that won is called “Morning Light on Main”, it’s 12″x16″ oil on panel. It was an...
Ellicott City Paint-it starts tomorrow

Ellicott City Paint-it starts tomorrow

Ellicott City Paint-it 2022 starts tomorrow in the Old Ellicott City historic district. Come down and check out the artists doing their plein air work on the roadsides, sidewalks and anywhere else we can set up without getting run over. I have a few spots in mind...
Sketch easel based on James Gurney design

Sketch easel based on James Gurney design

The cold winter weather has me thinking of painting outdoors. So I went about the process of building myself a plein air sketch easel. My goals for this easel was to build it to be light, versatile, flexible for different medium and paper or whatever I want to paint...
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