What can we say about a painting?

On the essential elements of painting, and how we can talk about them.

Posted 03/15/2023


A Handbook for Gouache Paints

My new eBook is out! It's a guidebook for gouache paints, where and what to buy and how to use them.

Posted 03/05/2023


Why Paint From Nature?

When the weather constrains my plein air painting, I head indoors. By early spring, I'm longing to be back out in nature.

Posted 01/11/2023


Oregon Coast, Plein Air Painting, Sept 29 - Oct 2, 2022

This mid-section of the Oregon Coast has wonderful access to tidepools, coastal forest hikes, beachcombing, and much more. Your room is steps away from the famous 804 Trail, with wonderful step-out areas and views for setting up an easel.

Posted 07/01/2022


Oregon Coast, Plein Air Painting, May 2023

Come paint your heart out in May 2023. This mid-section of the Oregon Coast has wonderful access to tidepools, coastal forest hikes, beachcombing, and much more. Your room is steps away from the famous 804 Trail, with wonderful step-out areas and views for setting up an easel.

Posted 07/01/2022


Stepping Back

We learn to step back in our art practice as a tool of habit, to gain a different view.

Posted 06/21/2022


Conversations Within, "The Women Artists of Monhegan Island"

This 2007 film documentary by Michael Boucher continues to ask "where are the women?" in the history of painting, the history of art.

Posted 06/13/2022


Plein Air Painting - Lower Crooked River caldera, Oregon, June 2023

Over 50 million years of geology surrounds us where the Lower Crooked River canyon winds through rimrock, extraordinary lava formations and river meadows.

Posted 06/01/2022


Painting with Gouache - Plein Air Workshops

Painting with Gouache - Plein Air Workshops on the Oregon Coast, and in the Lower Crooked River Canyon

Posted 04/04/2022


Conversations with Gouache

Substances and capacities of gouache paint in the field and in the studio

Posted 03/08/2022


Traveling to France

Can I travel to France safely now, and what do I need to know?

Posted 02/22/2022


Conversations with Gouache - 02

Substances and capacities of gouache paint in the field and in the studio

Posted 02/08/2022


That Art Thing

Posted 12/16/2021


Plein Air on the Oregon Coast

Plein Air Locations on the Oregon Coast

Posted 10/22/2021


Get The Most Out Of Your Gouache Paint with Good Brushes

Substances and capacities of gouache paint in the field and in the studio

Posted 11/30/2020


On Painting Clouds

Posted 09/06/2019


What Is Landscape?

I’ve been thinking about the word ‘landscape’, because so much of my work gets thrown into the landscape bucket. We’ve expanded the language ...

Posted 05/01/2018


Beware The Dragonfly

Posted 10/08/2012