Hi everybody, here is the Press Release about my setup at the yearly Open House Show of Dawson Knives – have a read and take a look at their amazing and artfully 100% handmade blades: ‘The Daily Grind’: New local artist depicting 3rd generation Prescott Valley knife craftsmen, celebrating American workmanship in oil. For their […]
Countercultural II This is part two of ‘Countercultural’, and it goes with this delightful quote I found: Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that’s a tough call. That’s real rebellion. Alice Cooper If you’d like to know more about ‘Countercultural’ have a look at this blog post […]
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I want to start with a little series about studio tools I value. This gives me a chance to introduce my happy little art working space, and maybe share some useful tips with you. Even if what works for me might not exactly fit your situation, I hope you will get something out of it […]
It started rather harmlessly, with me wanting to paint the powerful body language of a Flamenco dancer. I had seen a presentation as a child in Spain, and the passion in her movements made a lasting impression. But while I was still doing research on famous flamenco dancers and watched old black and white flamenco […]
Anytime we admire somebody’s work of art, we wonder how the artwork came into being. There’s the layers of paint and the arrangement and composition of the motive, which by themselves are already fascinating enough. But then there’s also the aspect of why the artist chose the subject, and if the artwork in question has […]
If you have a minute, I’d like to introduce you to my Mountain Town Cowboy: At the age of 17 he joined the military and left his Midwest home to do his part. 26 years of service later he had served in 9 countries on 3 continents. He had been on tours in 4 war […]
I want to introduce a painting that was formed out of some experiences I made over the last two years. The specific impulse came when I was browsing online and came across a contemporary painting of a half dressed human. While (in my book) the naked human form in its intriguing complexity is a beautiful […]
One of the highlights of my week is painting at the Portrait Studio at Mountain Artist Guild. Every Friday morning a group of artists is arranging their easels, oil paints, watercolors, or charcoal pads around a live model, who will sit on the lighted pedestal for some hours. There’s some classical music in the background, […]
Hi there, after burrowing in to paint the beginning of a new body of work, I am now ready to share more with you: more about the how and why and which tools and techniques, and maybe about the where and what for (yes I’m pretty proud of my new studio space and yes there […]