Posted in art, Uncategorized on April 13th, 2012 No Comments »
I never had a problem with Thomas Kinkade’s paintings, although much of the “art world” did. If you love his work, fine with me. Art has always been judged in the eyes of the beholder. Technically, he was a good traditional painter and loved by a wide swath of Americans. I never knew him personally, [...]
Posted in art, demonstration, landscape, plein air, studio, technique, travel on April 9th, 2012 No Comments »
Prologue: As mentioned in my previous blog, I originally intended to write one blog entry a day during last weeks workshop with Marc Hanson at Scottsdale Artists’ School, but for some reason could not upload pictures to my weblog from my laptop. For those who follow me on Facebook, I was able to upload some [...]
Posted in art, demonstration, landscape, plein air, technique, travel on April 1st, 2012 1 Comment »
First off, that is not my painting. I have always admired Marc Hanson’s work from afar. I have never met him, nor seen any of his paintings in real life and have only seen his work on the Internet. What draws me to his art is his magical ability to make a seemingly mundane, common, [...]