Painting On

You are never really alone in your studio if you have an art blog and pose a question. I find this aspect of blogging so helpful. I appre...

There's so much to attend to as you paint ! The wise artist is planning from the beginning and referencing that plan as the project dev...

Expression wasn't a planned topic for my compose series but a post on Kathy's blog created a spark that I wanted to respond to. ...

Do you have any techniques you use to determine if you have an interesting composition? One that I learned early in my practice was the quad...

Critique time Where do I begin with my discussion about the Summer Fire painting? It seems I've gained a lot of knowledge since 2004! I...

"A painting built on a boring design is like a house built on sand, destined to fall apart." Dan McCaw. There is no doubt that art...

There was a time when I created credible landscapes using good instincts and not a lot of knowledge. This work called "Summer Fire...

I know when I've been upstaged! My readers' comments have captured the audience and I'm bringing up at the rear. So I'm ridi...

Often in ones attempt to clarify, more confusion is created. I hope that will not be the way this post goes. Read on. Definitions in the vi...

This is a painting I am having difficulty finishing and I am going to use it as an example as I go through the various posts I plan to do on...

The first step in the creation of an outstanding artwork is the selection of the subject matter. In the early phases of ones practice subj...

When I want inspiration, ideas for natural compositions or just plain old visual "eye candy", I go to my period wallpaper collec...

Continuum (2009) 10 x 24 in. mixed media ( photo transfer, acrylic mediums &paint) paper) on board There is inspiration in the simples...

Every tree has something to say to those who bother to look. While out for a walk one day in Birr town in County Offaly, Ireland I came upo...

This is one of my favourite shots from my vacation last year. We passed through Nice on our way to St. Paul de Vence and spent just long ...

It's over a week since I've been in the studio, but my mind is constantly on art. I now honour these lapses in physical production ...

An artist's photograph collection reveals more than topic choice. When you take the time to view your collection, you will find direc...

Sometimes good ideas mutate into something unrecognizable. Today I will have to face the "what do I do now?' question. After cutt...

Sometimes I get so caught up in the act of painting, in the sheer joy of the process of manipulating the materials, that I don't see obv...