Portland Open Studios 2021 starts this weekend!
Portland-area people. Come by for a visit during Portland Open Studios! 10am-5pm October 9, 10, 16 & 17. All the info, including a list of all participating artists and maps …
Portland-area people. Come by for a visit during Portland Open Studios! 10am-5pm October 9, 10, 16 & 17. All the info, including a list of all participating artists and maps …
Heads up: The Portland Open Studios event is now only 4 weeks away! I cannot believe how fast time seems to be flying. My studio at the moment is a Big Mess. I’m working …
Here is “Appalachian Fall!” It is a 3-panel vertical painting spanning three live edge slabs taken from the trunk of a huge maple tree! The width of the curved silhouette …
Portland Open Studios has finally begun! I’ve been following along, watching all my fellow Portland artists giving their fascinating talks and studio tours on Instagram this whole weekend. If you’ve …
I explain here for oil painters why I “oil out” all my paintings before adding the final coat of varnish.
The practice of identifying the essential and cutting out the rest is a crucial skill for artists when it comes to every facet of designing an art-based life. On this …
As you know, much of my 2017 so far has been consumed by these paintings depicting solar eclipse fantasy landscapes, most of them including anonymous human spectators. I’m loving this artwork! As …
Here is “Deep Roots and Milky Way,” the newest addition to my Tree of Life series. This is a commissioned piece, and my client requested that I create a new …
This was my first year as a participating artist in Portland Open Studios. It was a much bigger event than what I’d pictured when I applied to be part of …
The studio is still an ongoing project, with many details yet to be finished, but I’ve gotten it to the point where I’ve moved in and it is a functional …