In the studio 6/4/16
Main Street #1 is another painting based on Vermilion’s Main St. I already finished Main Street #2 even though I started it after #1. I plan several more paintings around…
Changeable Lake Erie
Because Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, it’s very changeable. Mild storms can transform into violet cataclysms instantly. Inexperienced boaters are regularly caught out. Small boats swamped…
In the Studio 7/28/2013
What’s unusual about today’s ‘In the Studio’ post is the works I’m showing were both finished today! The larger is titled ‘Jane Hudson and Her Father,’ (yes, it’s me holding…
The Betty Jane launched for the season. We were late getting her into the water this year but we’re ready to go now.
Turpentine diaries 6/17/18
The thing about this Fabriano drawing pad is I can work-up drawings with pencil or pen–my two favorite materials–without mess or fuss. The really good paper I save for charcoal…
Cold beauty of frozen Lake Erie
The long shadows from the afternoon sun transforms Lake Erie into an otherworldly landscape. During the winter the sun is in the southwestern sky. In the summer it moves over…
Busy drawing day
I spent the past the several days drawing. Yesterday I started drawing on 2 new canvases: Euclid Avenue (48″ x 60″), and Sunday (42″ x 56″). The day before, I…
Arguing with a painting
I’ve had a long argument with this as-yet-untitled painting. The argument started as soon as I completed the original design. I spent time taking things out of the design after…