It feels like Christmas in July as I wrap up this painting! Hiking near Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of...

Here is the completed painting of the Crane Creek Estuary scene at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. You can see the earlier...

Hopefully soon I will do a time lapse video of a painting from start to finish. Since I haven't yet tackled that technology, I thought I...

I should probably call this "Breezy Point Jetty Number 3," as it is the third painting I have done of this iconic landmark on the...

Here's a painting based on my recent visit to Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in Northwest Ohio. This scene can be found at the Crane...

Earlier this month I posted this blog in which I chose among my collection of blues to complete an underpainting all in blue. Here was...

On the bay (again) at Breezy Point. Time to go to the Atlantic side next for more scenes of the Breezy Point community! Click here for...

Here's the latest pastel painting in my Breezy Point series. Looking forward to heading out to the beach in August! #BreezyPoint

Working on my Breezy Point series early this morning. Here is the reference photo, which depicts the Breezy Point lighthouse on the bay...

A couple of years ago my daughter Sara hiked the region of the Great Tetons and returned with a bounty of grand photos, which I have used...

The Pastel Society of America emails keep bugging me about submitting paintings for their annual juried exhibition in New York City. So...

I recently re-arranged my pastel palette, which revealed an abundance of blues. So I thought I would take advantage of such a variety...

My initial foray into plein air painting resulted in the painting below, "Wooley Park Stroll." As this painting sat in inventory I felt...

Wrapping up my Italy cityscapes before heading out to do some plein air painting of the soon-to-be-summer landscape, here is "Via S....

At Breezy Point, a beach community on the Atlantic Ocean in Queens, New York, early morning and late day brings out the most brilliant...

On a hike through a nearby nature preserve last Tuesday, I followed a woodland trail and came across newly-sprouted gatherings of "Great...

"Pointillism" is a painting technique using dots of color to create images. You have likely seen such neo-impressionist paintings of...

It seems that with a few days of temperatures in the low 70's, that foliage bursts furiously in Southeast Michigan. This pond and field...

Updating a post from last year, I recently started an early spring landscape with an early morning clear "blue" sky. Capturing the...

Spring has finally arrived in Southeast Michigan. Touring a local nature preserve with my dog Cosmo, I came across this scene, replete...