Just finished this one today that I’ve named ‘Hard Country’.  Trying to create a little different look with the palette knife in the background rocks, thinking that it adds a ‘rocky’ look and adds some harder edges.  Progress.

Last week I attended a Scottsdale Artist’s School workshop led by Mark Boedges, from Vermont.  We spent time out at the Salt Cliffs, and Mark did this demo facing away from the cliffs.  Six hours total, three hours on Wednesday and three … Continue reading →

So much of the desert is see-through trees and shrubs, that it’s a challenge to paint.  Here, I put away the artist brushes and for much of the painting used a little 69 cent brush from a hardware store.  Long, … Continue reading →