Well actually, I drowned in the beauty of Avalanche Lake, and I survived to enjoy crafting this landscape in pastel. There are a variety...

Sunday, June 26 2022, 4:15 am, Chamberlain, South Dakota. The evening's storms and their 70 MPH winds have passed, as we battled the...

Join me on my StudioSense YouTube Channel for a demo on creating an impressionistic pastel painting! Click here for the demo! Here's the...

Juried pastel exhibits tend to run from February to October each year. This year's two final exhibits featuring my landscape pastels will...

"Maelstrom" is a 12x16 pastel on Uart 400 grade pastel paper, inspired by a hike at Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. The...

At a Landscape in Pastel class I taught at the Michigan Art Center, we spent some time reviewing the variety of tree trunk textures and...

Hocking Hills State Park is a wonderful landscape to explore in Logan, Ohio, a bit south of Columbus. The landscape is similar to...

I recently completed "Corona Arch Sunrise," a 12x16 pastel painting. This painting will be the subject of a YouTube demo. Line and edges...

When I am hiking, I take plenty of photographs. As many artists realize, photographs don't capture some of those pure colors and shades...

The Mansion at Strathmore is hosting the biennial pastel painting exhibit for the Maryland Pastel Society "Shades of Pastel" 2022 exhibit....

"Parting the Way" is my latest pastel and YouTube video lesson. Join in and see the creation of a 9x12 pastel painting from initial...

Framing a pastel directly against the glass is called passe-partout framing. I thought to myself, really? Pastels are traditionally...

I recently started a YouTube channel with pastel painting demos and painting tips. Before YouTube, I would blog about a painting from...

Hiking with my dog one early morning, I came across this scene at Prairie Park behind the Township Hall in Pittsfield Township, MI. I...

They always seem to be a bit sketchy! OK so that's a corny joke, thanks to 70+ Best Art Jokes To Gogh Look At. The reason that I am...

In May 2021, I spent a couple of hours soaking in the sun at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge on Lake Erie in Ohio. Below is the original...

I'm thrilled to announce that "Blinded by the Light" has been awarded 5th Place in the Pastel 100 Landscape/Interior category. Thanks to...

Today I started a new pastel painting, inspired by a recent cross-country ski trip to Sandra Richardson Park in York Township, Michigan,...

I'm a landscape painter. There is no doubt that landscapes can be very complicated. A scene may be cluttered with tall grasses and...

Snow abounds in much of the country, especially here in Southeast Michigan. As I explain to my art collectors, "I paint what I hike, and...