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We Climbed in the Dark to See Dawn’s Colors
A pre-dawn climb up Mount Whitney with my daughter Hannah became an unexpected lesson in color and in why sharing an art journey isn’t a task separate from life. It’s…
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Essential Tools Part 2: Gloss Medium
Hi Everyone, With last week’s video blog, I showed you how I use the trowel in my work. I had such an outpouring of feedback from that video that I thought I would show you another one of my favorite tools: gloss medium. This is a great tool for creating…
Essential Tools: The Trowel
Hi Everyone, With much of my work, it seems like I am trying to strike a balance between two opposites: quiet versus bold, strong versus subtle, controlled marks versus those that are more spontaneous. A key part of pulling this off successfully is having the right tools for the job,…
Feeling or Thinking?
Hi Everyone, Sometimes I think I just can’t hold everything in my brain. So many times when making my art, I make the same mistakes. Painting is so absolutely transporting, so distracting, that you can forget everything you ever learned. I know this is so frustrating. It was for me….
