On a hike through a nearby nature preserve last Tuesday, I followed a woodland trail and came across newly-sprouted gatherings of "Great...

It seems that with a few days of temperatures in the low 70's, that foliage bursts furiously in Southeast Michigan. This pond and field...

Updating a post from last year, I recently started an early spring landscape with an early morning clear "blue" sky. Capturing the...

Spring has finally arrived in Southeast Michigan. Touring a local nature preserve with my dog Cosmo, I came across this scene, replete...

If my regular blog followers have recognized that my blogging has become rather sparse, I blame it on this painting, "Woodland Waltz." It...

An enduring challenge for many artists is arriving at the name for a landscape painting. Personally, here are my opinions. I don't...

Monet said it all: "When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you...merely think, here is a little square of...

Hiking in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last November, I cam across this varied collection of trees: Since the photo above is rather...

Notice the group of small trees on the left in this work-in-progress version of "Cross Country Craving." The twigs near the top of the...

Last year I published this blog addressing how snow can exude a variety of colors, mostly of blues, purples and cool pinks. As I...

In late December 2016 I visited Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on the way to Arlington TX to see the Western...

Compositions can be enhanced through a variety of techniques. I like to think abut composition from two perspectives: first, the...

Planning the painting before you touch the canvas is a critical first step to a successful piece of art. My other artistic joy is...

Conveying distance across the multiple planes of a landscape can be handled by muting the local color with grays, blues and the color's...

So often have I strolled through the local parks (often jogging with my dog Cosmo) and marveled at how the early morning sunlight would...

When my son Matthew was in Cub Scouts in Saline, Michigan (early on his journey to achieve Eagle Scout), an annual ritual for the troop...

Woolley Park Stroll was started en plein air with my studio assistant Cosmo. Completed today, I decided to enhance some of the...

On another plein air excursion this past weekend, I came across a bucolic early morning scene at Wooley Pary, just west of South State...

The final version of Ski Tracks. Additional work on the shadows and scattered leaves in the snow capped off an enjoyable journey from...

Working on the Teton painting. Here is the initial version following creation of the underpainting and initial application of pastel: In...