Category Archives: Studio

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Field Notes & Sketchbook Pages

 A trio of early morning sketches from my notebook (15″ x 12″ on handmade paper/click to enlarge) As these late winter days grow longer and warmer, I find myself lingering out doors. I cherish early […]

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Overwintering 

Overwintering, 2016, Oil/Graphite/Polychromos Pencils on 36″ x 24″ Wood Panel Settling back into the studio again after a bit of a break. Spent time sanding and gessoing bigger panels and visiting other artists’ exhibits in […]

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New Look for the Homepage . . .

For the past couple of weeks or so, I’ve been focusing my energies on behind-the-scenes work. The tasks-at-hand have been the preparation of small, plywood panels for oil painting and updates to the main website: […]

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Priming Panels & Buying Fresh Flowers

The scent of fresh hyacinth blossoms makes even the most mundane of studio tasks —priming and sanding panels this week— seem like a special event Though the days are getting longer and lighter —and thankfully, […]

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