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Bringing still life to life
Richard Vernon Goetz (1915-1991) was born in Tennessee but lived most of his life in Oklahoma, becoming an important artist and influential teacher for more than 50 years. He worked in several genre...
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Enlarging studio studies
Recently I’ve completed several small color studies in the studio, four of which are shown here. They are all possible candidates for enlargement, but like selecting a new shirt, picking just one can...
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Rockwell on my mind
When I was in college, many years ago now, the work of Norman Rockwell was sneered at by those in the Fine Art Department…”Old-fashioned, sentimental, trite, work of no consequence,” they would say....
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Outdoor painting
I am fortunate to have been given, several years ago, some 50-70 year-old American Artist magazines. Browsing through one of them recently, I came across an article about direct painting…meaning,...
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Thanksgiving to whom, for what?
We all understand expressing our appreciation to another person for their kindness to us, but what about life itself, this beautiful planet with an atmosphere perfect to sustain life, for food, for...
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Process vs Result debate
Is the Process you go through in creating a painting more important to you than the final Result of the work…or vice versa? Why? That is the question I posed to these well known, highly accomplished...
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Artspeak interview
Phil McNally has begun a podcast for artists called Artspeak. Their mission is to illuminate the path for aspiring artists by providing a series of podcasts where professional artists, along with art...
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What is Art?
What is art? That’s a question I don’t hear debated much anymore, maybe because that’s a topic for the smoke-filled rooms of intellectuals…not us working professionals. However, I do find the question...
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Four qualities of “Value”
I’m sure many of you are familiar with the name and works of Andrew Loomis (1892-1959). If you’re a former commercial illustrator, as I was, you most likely have some of his books on your bookshelf…Fun...
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And so it is!!
I was there in the delivery room with my wife when she gave birth to each of our two boys. It was amazing and tearful to witness their births and to get that first glimpse of those tiny, wet and...
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The Journey Ends
It’s been a long journey; it all began in 1990 with a simple picture, discovered in a book of England, given me by my parents. As with many of my paintings it doesn’t take much stimulus to spark the...
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What kind of painter are you?
It’s a good question and one I hadn’t actually considered in depth until last September. The answer to the question is not whether you’re a beginning or advanced artist, an Impressionist, Contemporary...
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The Poet
During many years of teaching, I have emphasized to my students that CONCEPT is the first consideration when beginning a painting…What do you want to communicate to the viewer, and how best can that be...
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The Reporter
John MacDonald, a brilliant landscape painter and thoughtful writer and teacher, has offered some very interesting observations about five roles you can play as a painter. Somewhat like an actor, the...
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The Storyteller
John MacDonald, a brilliant landscape painter and thoughtful writer and teacher, has offered some very interesting observations about five roles you can play as a painter. Somewhat like an actor, the...
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The Designer
During many years of teaching, I have emphasized to my students that CONCEPT is the first consideration when beginning a painting…What do you want to communicate to the viewer, and how best can that be...
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The Virtuoso
John MacDonald, a brilliant landscape painter and thoughtful writer and teacher, has offered some very interesting observations about five roles you can play as a painter. Somewhat like an actor, the...
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It’s new; it’s here; it’s now
I’m very pleased to announce a partnership with artists Tim Breaux and Andy Thomas in the formation of a new gallery…the American Heritage Art Gallery. It’s a fine art experience suitable for our time....
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Planting trees
Planting a tree can be hard work and with it comes the belief that the effort exerted will yield benefits. A tree will add beauty to the world, shade in the summer, color in the autumn, rest in the...
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Andy Thomas revisited
I first met Andy almost 40 years ago when participating in a Midwest Gathering of Artists show in Carthage, Missouri. And now, here we are all these years later partnering together, along with Tim...
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