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Plein Air Oil Workshop

Come paint Plein air in oils on a beautiful North Texas farm, 15 miles east of downtown Dallas. All levels of experience welcome.

Through demonstration and individual instruction you will be guided through a process to help you obtain confidence and pleasure from painting outdoors and in the studio. Learn how to capture the changing light through value, color, and composition.

Date: February 14, 15, 16, 2018

Time: 9am-4pm daily

Location: Sunnyvale Texas

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Plein Air Pastel Intensive

Want to obtain more confidence and pleasure from painting en plein air? Join me at my farmstead studio, where I am offering a four-day plein air pastel workshop. Through demonstration and individual instruction you will be guided through the process of painting outdoors. Learn how to capture the changing light, value, color, and composition.

Date: April 10-13, 2018

Location: Sunnyvale Texas

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16″x20″ mixed media

If my paintings were sculptures I normally sculpt in clay. I add and add layers. This was created like a stone sculpture, I started with a wild underpainting, and then eliminated details to reveal the focal point. Negative space is what this is all about, turns out you can paint a beautiful tree by only painting sky.

Walking to School No•6

18″x24″ grey and black ink on newsprint

I read once Hemmingway always stopped writing mid sentence at a really good part so it was easier to get back into writing the next day. It turns out that your subconscious keeps “working on the project” as you move on to other things. I try to capture some of that subconscious grunt work by making notes about ideas, sketches, underpaintings, color plans… there are just started and half finished paintings all over my studio. Now, to let my brain work out these paintings as I move on to a mountain of laundry!

20″x16″ watermedia and collage on canvas.

“Now shall I walk or shall I ride?

‘Ride,’ Pleasure said;

‘Walk,’ Joy replied.” — W.H. Davies

Walking to School Series No•5