Loaded again
I know what you’re thinking but, no, not that kind of loaded. I get excited when I prepare my palette for another painting session. Seeing the waiting colors is inviting.…
Camera woes
For many years, I have exclusively used photos from my Nikon cameras in my designs. The Nikon D750 remains a great camera. I got mine not long after it was…
My summer vacation
What is a vacation summary without photographs? Originally, the seven of us planned to tour Virginia and North Carolina with a stop in Washington. No sooner had we started than…
Delicious copal jelly
I haven’t been a fan of gelling paint mediums since my early interest in maroger, a gelling medium made from mastic. But I like to experiment with mediums, sometimes to…
Customizing my easel
I was forced to customize–that is, fix–my easel when its wheels broke. A heavy-duty easel without wheels is next to useless. Now I am glad the easel broke because my…
Photography Summer
I’ve been busy this summer with my new Nikon Z8 camera. Since getting the camera in April I’ve taken thousands of photographs. Earlier this month I revisited Cedar Point, a…
Tissot etchings at Cleveland
I think James Tissot (1836–1902) is a much better artist than I once believed. I had lumped him with Sargent and other late-19th-century artists who I consider superficial and fashionable.…
Painting by Tissot
I love it when I visit a museum and discover a new painting. I found this painting, The Proposal, by James Tissot (1836 – 1902) during my last visit to…
