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Here is an update of the Old Master Portrait I am painting with my class. We still have 10 classes during this fall session and all the students are doing a great job. I am using a different approach, one that I am not totally familiar with, but I am working hard to gain great understanding. The beauty I see represented during this era of Old Masters was not random. My desire is to learn what they knew and I am getting closer with every piece painted. It has been a challenge to attempt to teach a method that I am learning AS I TEACH. I don't enjoy feeling unprepared or unequipped, but in spite of the stress on several levels, I have even more resolve to experience a successful conclusion. I believe that this work will be expressive of the same beauty and reverence that has caught, and held, my attention.

In celebration of autumn, my favorite time of year, I painted this bouquet of mums. Although this painting took more time than I have been spending I wanted to see if I could bring it to a greater degree of finish and at the same time keep the brushstrokes painterly and fluid. Still enjoy being in the classroom at my easel.

To see an enlarged image, visit my Still Life Collection...

Hello again,

I just completed this painting of a beautiful little cactus I found at the grocery store. This painting is a study so I deliberately left the paint thick and the brushstrokes visible. I personally like this look and especially love the process of consciously making decisions about every application of the brush. Just searching...

This is one of two paintings I have in the miniature show at Kelley Gallery in Woodbury, MN that runs October 15th thru October 30. If you are in the area plan to meet the artists on Friday evening 5:00 - 9:00, October 19th.