I was invited to participate in the first year of the annual Plein Air paint out in Mt. Lebanon, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh. It was a well run event, the brainchild of David and Linda Csont. David had participated in the Easton Plein Air event, one of the bigger events that happens in Maryland … Continue reading »
Thought some people might be interested in the equipment I took with me on my latest Plein Air travel trip to Australia and Bali. 1. I purchased a new super lightweight Manfroto tripod, model MKC3-PO1. I used my trusty (and now10 year old) 8 x10 in. OpenM pochade box. I painted on 7 x 10 … Continue reading »
At the beginning of July, I took a three-day painting trip up to beautiful Campobello Island, just over the border from Maine in New Brunswick, Canada. It is about a four and a half hour ride from Portland, Maine, and your last stop in Maine is Lubec, billed as the easternmost city in the US. … Continue reading »
July 7 and 8th, 2012, I participated in my first outdoor painting competition, this one to coincide with New London, Ct.’s Op-Sail event; an annual tall ship and street festival. I was pleased to win one of the prizes for one of the paintings I submitted for the gallery show. It was sponsored by the … Continue reading »
Chris Christensen was kind enough to re-post my SE Asian painting trip blog posts on his ( much more popular ) blog. This is about the trip I took to the Indochina region to tour and paint in early 2010. He does an often extremely informative and interesting podcast called ‘The Amateur Traveler” which I … Continue reading »
A few months ago I had a discussion about David Hockney’s hypothesis that many classical painters ( such as Ingres or Carravagio) had used a Camera Obscura. I think these were used somewhat, but not as much as Hockney stipulates.Here is Gregg Kreutz’s argument against Hockney’s “proofs”. http://www.kirkrichards.com/Gregg_Kreutz_article.htm Continue reading »
Here is a link to a national database for life drawing venues: http://www.artmodelbook.com/figure-drawing-directory.htm Continue reading »
Here is some of the studies I did in 2010 at Chicago’s Palette and Chisel Club. Continue reading »
I was recently looking at a blog by an artist/teacher I really admire, Marc Dalessio. He has some wonderful work and ratchets up his envy factor by where he lives which is Florence, Italy. Take a look at his wonderful landscapes and portraits. He posted this graph about his artistic and technical development over the … Continue reading »
I will have four small, nicely framed, and inexpensive works at the Edgewater Historical Society space (5358 North Ashland, Chicago, IL) that is part of Andersonville Arts Weekend. There are many receptions in the area on Friday, October 8 (5 to 9pm). Continue reading »
After Malacca I took a sleeper train up to Thailand. These Asian sleeper trains are quite comfortable, as long as you get a bottom berth. First I went back to Chumpon and visited my uncle. We had some nice talks and spent time snorkeling and oyster gathering. Bangkok and Chicago On May 5th I returned … Continue reading »
Georgetown, Malaysia My 15-day Thai visa ran out again so I have decided to go to Malaysia for a few days to leave the country and therefore renew my visa. I took a bus and train to Georgetown on Penang Island. Georgetown is an old colonial city established by the British. The … Continue reading »
