Robert Smith
Robert Smith was an American artist who died in 1985. When I knew him, he already was an elderly man. He lived with his teenage son in Kettering, Ohio in a French chateau-type building that…
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Thumbs-up: van Ruisdael; Thumbs-down: Renoir
I’ve loved art as far back as I can remember. During the summer before First Grade we moved to a farm, and while exploring the barn loft (true story), I was thrilled to discover a…
Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy came our way and mixed with the Nor'easter that was already pounding our shores. This video was shot as I walked across our backyard. Towards the end of the video, you can see…
In the Studio—10/28/12
The winds from a furious Nor'easter pound against the studio windows. Whitecaps crash against the shore one after the other with ceaseless regularity, their white froth nearlty reaching the studio door. They say this storm…
In the Studio Oct. 14 2012
Another lifelong habit I have is working on several--sometimes very many--painting simultaneously. I will put a painting aside to be taken up later any number of times. I might work on a painting a dozen…