Revisiting Van Gogh

Inspired by the recent birth of my first grandson, I painted a triptych of a sunset behind his home in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Since my son moved there in 2016, I’d visited twice before; but, of course, this time the baby was the star attraction. Nevertheless, as usual, my visual senses were colored by thoughts…

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Fundraiser Results & Reflections

Exceeded Expectations The goal of my 2022 “Painting with a Purpose” plan was to raise $10,000 for the Ocean Conservancy. When I announced the project, I explained how the idea came to me; and, here I’ll summarize the results. But first, THANK YOU again to everyone who supported this cause. The campaign focused on 300…

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Virtual Exhibit & Give Away Announcement

You are invited to my virtual exhibit, “Painting Venice in a Pandemic,” which features 20 pictures from 2020 and a seven-foot wide, six-canvas composition of the Doge’s Palace Flooded. This video presentation (7:57) includes my previously untold Venice love story, home movies, the entire process for the large piece, and an in-house soundtrack. I really…

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New Venice Pandemic Paintings

Early on in the pandemic, Italy was severely hit; and now they have the highest death rate for the coronavirus in Europe. But, in the springtime, Venice was locked down and cases dropped. Without masses of people outside, this already picturesque city took on a more poignant beauty, which I tried to capture. on canvas.

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Still Painting in a Pandemic

In the earliest days of isolation, I felt more driven. After all, faced with mortality, it seemed best to fill my days creating art. However, as I settled into a routine at the easel, I came to a more comfortable place within myself. That peaceful feeling is attributable to the enthusiasm so many of you have had for my work. Gone are the doubts that used to regularly pop up, because you’ve already allowed me to fulfill my goal of getting paintings on walls.

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Painting in a Pandemic

Venice Series 1-10

First, I’ll preface this article by saying that I didn’t expect to be blogging so soon about my new series and hope that my readers will appreciate a positive diversion and perhaps even some inspiration in this piece. Early on, while hordes of people were hoarding toilet paper, I was ordering more canvases. Like most…

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My Year of Monet #6: Lasting Impressions

Featuring 5 of Leigh’s New Canvases “My Year of Monet” (MYOM) has ended, but what a year! It not only opened my eyes to his life and works, but also helped me to see my own artistic pursuits in a new light. As I learned about his techniques and applied some of them, I took…

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My Year of Monet #4: His Earlier Paintings Influenced Mine

Featuring 4 of Leigh’s 2019 Paintings After completing the “Paint Like Monet” project (see my last blog article), I painted four more water lilies. For these, I switched up colors and felt looser and freer than I had while concentrating so hard on Monet’s techniques. I returned to the Balboa Park lily pond for a…

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My Year of Monet #5: Wives & Families

Featuring 2 of Leigh’s 2019 Paintings In this post, I’m going to talk about Monet’s love life. As an aside, I hope you received my announcement about available paintings being offered until December 9, 2019. So far, I’ve received far more requests than paintings being offered, which has been exciting but disconcerting, because not everyone…

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