Category Archives: Art

The Versatile Blogger Award

Many thanks to Joel Tipple http://joeltipple.wordpress.com/ for nominating me for the Versatile Blogger Award. Unlike the Academy Award or Grammy, when you are nominated for the VBA, that’s it. You are not put into a pool of also-rans to await your fate. You simply take a virtual bow and follow a few simple rules. ForContinue reading “The Versatile Blogger Award”

Observing Details

My current drawing class is made up of individuals with varying degrees of artistic experience and skills.  They are all doing a great job and I am encouraged by their progress.  Each student is learning to observe the world in a more detailed way which is the gateway to artistic endeavor.  In observation we gainContinue reading “Observing Details”

Acrylic Painting Class Through Fortuna Park & Rec.

Beginning Monday Morning, March 11th at 9 AM, a new Acrylic Painting Class is offered through the Fortuna, California Parks and Recreation Department.  This class is open to all skill levels.  The cost for the entire six weeks (2.5 hours per session) is $165 plus materials.  For more information contact the Fortuna Parks and Rec. at (707)725-6648.Continue reading “Acrylic Painting Class Through Fortuna Park & Rec.”

Color Theory Through Generations of Artists

When I first viewed the paintings of a local artist named Jim Faber in the 1990’s, I was impressed by the stunning beauty of his canvases.  I knew he knew something that I didn’t know about painting, and so I asked him to teach me.  What I soon found out was he had a greatContinue reading “Color Theory Through Generations of Artists”

Mixed Flowers on Blue

 Finished at last!  I started this painting as a demonstration with a painting class that combined art instruction and a Bible study about creativity.  I finished it today in my studio. You may think that art and Bible study is an interesting combination, but I cannot paint without constantly being reminded of our Great CreatorContinue reading “Mixed Flowers on Blue”

Stolen or Stronger?

Stolen.  Really?  How should I feel about one of my paintings being stolen?  It was in a public place and the paintings were not just hung on a nail, they were wired to an eye hook.  Someone had to use wire cutters to take the painting when no one was looking.  Some said I should beContinue reading “Stolen or Stronger?”

Beauty in Diversity

Heavy metal, a tender-fleshed tomato, soft folded cloth and a shiny wooden handle – all vastly different textures that put together help to make an image more convincing.  As very diverse visual objects work together to achieve a look of realism, so there is great value in very different types of people working together to achieveContinue reading “Beauty in Diversity”

Just Fruit?

“When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon for heavenly teaching, and familiar images, chosen from the known, were made to mirror the unknown spiritual truth.”  – William H. Hunt For example, pomegranates symbolized such concepts as eternal life and unity of the Christian community.  TheContinue reading “Just Fruit?”

When A Man Loves A Woman

Eight o’clock on a summer’s evening and the stage is set for a night of romance.  I loved painting this scene.  Set in an old Victorian home we used to own down by the Eel River, the elements in the painting have memories attached.  The doily was hand-made by a talented artist friend named Judy Nunes.  TheContinue reading “When A Man Loves A Woman”