A long gouache ramble

I know it’s been a while since I posted so this is going to be a long rambling post, mostly about the continuing struggle with gouache, and the subject of self imposed art pressure. We are now within 50 days of my son’s wedding, so the stress of preparations is rising: managing the rehearsal dinner

Something Different

Every once in a while I like to try something different. Yesterday I watched Lois Davidson video on a quick loose floral. I watched the video twice, then tried to execute the project away from the screen. While it isn’t as bad as other loose florals I have tried in the past, it is headed

Using My Photos

In an effort to break through to the next level of art, I tried to use my own photos for source material this week. These were the photos I painted from: Resulting in two good gouache paintings and one bad watercolor that I just finished. It’s a benchmark to see how well I did (or

The Back of the Winter…

We have truly turned a corner on winter after this weekend’s storm, bringing to mind these lyrics by Karine Polwart: “The back of the winter is brokenAnd light lingers long by the doorAnd the seeds of the summer have spokenIn gowans that bloom on the shore … In darkness we cradled our sorrowAnd stoked all