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A March School Day
Here it is March already and the scene below appropriately depicts what we’ve experienced here in Wylie, Tx this past week. A March School Day was produced a few years ago and was awarded third place...
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Leah Lopez interview
It’s an honor to present this interview with New York artist, Leah Lopez. At a young age she experienced the rejection of family and friends as she sought to pursue her creative passions. Now in her...
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Silence
I love the silence after a freshly fallen snow, that all enveloping quiet that penetrates to the very soul. I am awed. I am humbled. I am speechless. I am silent. There are no other distractions… only...
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Jimmy Dyer interview
Although Jimmy Dyer is widely known for his paintings of the American West, he is an artist capable of painting a wide range of subjects and doing them well. “I am endlessly fascinated by new people...
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Plein Air Southwest Salon 2015
Spring has arrived, people are anxious to get outside, and artists enthusiastically head for the outdoors to paint. It’s also this time of year that the Outdoor Painters Society holds its major event...
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Plein Air Southwest Salon 2015 Winners
Here they are, all the winners! Last night, 11 April 2015, the Outdoor Painters Society assembled the best display of plein air paintings ever for their annual Plein Air Southwest Salon. Hundreds of...
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The Field Study
How does one become an accomplished landscape painter without direct study of nature? The simple answer…you don’t. Painting and sketching directly from nature is probably the most important tool of the...
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First Major One-Man Show
After many years as a professional fine artist, more than 30 years to be exact, I have finally agreed to my first solo show. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. This is my first MAJOR solo show. I have...
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The opening
The opening of my first major one-man show was held yesterday afternoon at the Southwest Gallery in Dallas. Banner display announcing exhibition What a great event. I wholeheartedly thank Southwest...
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The importance of accurate values
What is more important, value or color? That debate surely has been going on since the 1800’s, and probably even before that. For me, it’s a hands-down, no contest argument. Accurate value totally...
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Value of and technique for monochromatic block-ins
“I’d be bored to death if I had to work like that. I’m not interested in doing the painting twice, I’d lose all my enthusiasm for the painting, besides, it takes too much time. I prefer to just dive...
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Realism in the visual arts
Generally speaking, people like to organize, catalog, compartmentalize, systematize, classify, label, stack, file, group, categorize, rank, pigeonhole, and box up stuff. Art historians have mastered...
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Does realism matter?
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” - Philip K. Dick In last week’s blog post, Realism in the Visual Arts, I reviewed the history of the Realism Movement and also...
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Art that embraces humanity
If you’ve been following this blog, you know we featured a three-part interview series with Michael John Angel, Juliette Aristides, and David Hardy, all master painters. In that series they discussed...
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Classical (Classic) Realism- Part 1
A three-part series that highlights the origins and resurgence of Classic Realism and its importance to the 21st century artist. It was in college that I decided to become an artist. How to achieve...
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Classical (Classic) Realism – Part 2
A three-part series that highlights the origins and resurgence of Classic Realism and its importance to the 21st century artist. “Traditional skills are necessary for developing a foundational base for...
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Independence Day, in Your face God
There were parades, and picnics, and parties, and ball games, and dancing, and drinking, and music, and laughter, and fire works; just another annual excuse for a party. Independence Day we call it…a...
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Classical (Classic) Realism – Part 3
A three-part series that highlights the origins and resurgence of Classic Realism and its importance to the 21st century artist. In concluding this three-part interview series on Classic Realism, I...
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The duel roles of concept and imagination
I don’t think as artists that we give much thought to all the studies that have been done on the subject of “Creativity”…we just create. The people who supposedly study these things usually speak of...
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John Cook interview
I’ve been a fan of John Cook’s work since the 1970′s when we were both working as freelance illustrators in Dallas. He excelled then and he excels now, as a fine artist; may I say, “fine, fine artist?”...
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