Painting is for everyone

Earlier this week I taught a fun “play in the paint” class for artists and non artists at Port Aransas Art Center. We painted a grid of 5 x 7 rectangles that can later be cut and pasted on 5 x 7 card stock and used as original greeting cards (which were...

Getting out there

I had a mishap about 2 months ago and lost my heavy duty plein air tripod that holds my easel when I’m out plein air painting. I have replaced it with a lighter version of the same brand, and really like it. I used it for the first time yesterday at Conn Harbor...

Painter’s Block

I’ve never really had a “painter’s block” until now. Over the past year we have traveled and moved into another time zone. I’m now pretty much settled in our new home and studio, but don’t have a lot of desire or energy to paint. I...

Morning Plein Air

It is 82 degrees and I’m up and out to do some color studies before the sun screames against my skin.  Cove Harbor, Rockport, Texas.  A dolfin at my feet below the wooden platform palapa that where I have set up my easil.   Some gray pelicans have greeted the...