Daily Painting

Through the woods

This Virginia road bends through the woods with a clearing up ahead. I love how the great green trees envelope it, an intoxicatingly verdant respite from the gazillion lanes of concrete Beltway nearby. I have included a few process shots of the painting and one of my pallet early on.

20"x16", oil on panel. 

Tulips, tiles and lemons

I have been working on this one for well over a year now: the tile pattern got puzzled out last summer, then the tulips, and finally, this month, the lemons. 30"x30", oil on canvas. 

Drawing at the RISD Museum of Art: Patterns and Forms

Sundays, 1:30-3:30pm, October 5, 19, November 2, 16 & 23

I love drawing at the RISD Museum because sketching seems to magically increase the museum's content and my interest in it exponentially. What strikes me as funny is the fact that I am surprised by this every single sketch, year after year, that it never fails to amaze me how the world actually seems to change before my eyes as I make lines in a page.

In this five session course we will sketch in different galleries each class to explore the art with a focus on patterns and forms.  Classes will include the new Donghia Costume and Textiles Gallery, this fall's exhibition What Nerve! and familiar favorites like Pendleton house with its treasure trove. Experienced artists and beginners alike have enjoyed the experience of drawing as part of a group at the museum.

More information on the RISD Museum's Website here and registration here.