A painting’s composition determines where one’s eye travels over the painting to create interest and bring the eye back to the element(s) the artist wants to emphasize. In addition to the value of visual beauty the painting points to objects and communicates “look at this!” In the piece above the lines jetting outward would leadContinue reading “Comp-osition and Where It Leads Us”
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Estelle’s Irises
According to Texas A& M University, the iris means faith, hope and wisdom. Since there are over two-hundred varieties of irises there is a lot of symbolism and meaning attached to this flower. The subject matter for this painting came from the yard of a dear godly woman I know named Estelle. Estelle is aContinue reading “Estelle’s Irises”
The Arts and the Bible
Art in the Bible? Yes! I love the Old Testament account of the plans of the Tabernacle. Why? Because tucked in this fascinating section of Exodus is God’s detailed instructions for creating objects of beauty to be used in worship to Him. Moreover in Exodus 31 God is very specific about the people to whomContinue reading “The Arts and the Bible”
Stretching A Canvas
I was taken back in a large art store yesterday when the clerk said, “we don’t carry supplies for stretching canvas.” Really? I had come in to purchase the wooden stretcher bars to supply the framework needed for the Belgian linen canvas I customarily use for portraits. As grocery stores and hardware stores have comeContinue reading “Stretching A Canvas”
Online Art Shopping and Feedback
When I was a young artist the internet wasn’t considered a place where one purchased very much, and certainly not art. What a different world we live in now! Back “in the day” most of my paintings were sold locally and although there was an occasional painting shipped to a large city gallery or purchases by tourists visiting Humboldt County, for theContinue reading “Online Art Shopping and Feedback”
Resurrection Lilies
I started this painting as a sketch last Easter in preparation for painting during the worship service our church had at the local high school. I do a lot of preliminary work the week preceding Easter so that when I come to the big canvas on Easter morning a lot has already been worked out inContinue reading “Resurrection Lilies”
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”
To Be An Original
Ideas – where do they come from? How does one consistently come up with good creative ideas for one’s artistic endeavors? Norman Rockwell had an interesting pattern of coming up with good ideas. “Getting good ideas is always a problem. It takes a lot of digging…When I get discouraged I stop – go for aContinue reading “To Be An Original”
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”
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