Painting in the Pumpkin Patch!

Picking out the perfect pumpkins for spooky season??? This year, don’t gouge your gourds and don’t jack-knife those jack-o-lanterns – PAINT your PUMPKINS! Join me on Tuesday, October 15th from 5:00-6:30pm for a pumpkin painting party! You’ll find me in the pumpkin patch at St. Luke’s UMC in Orlando. Purchase your pumpkins from the patch […]

Magritte in Mount Dora!

I am so pleased to share with you that The Wandering Art Historian is returning to Mount Dora! I am partnering with Modernism Museum Mount Dora for two special presentations of my lecture This is Not Reality: The Art of Rene Magritte in mid-October. Hosted by 1921 by Norman Van Aken, this lecture will be […]

Wheat Field with Cypresses

After tackling his iconic sunflowers, you might be wondering how I choose the Van Gogh paintings to study. Well, I have this very handy resource, a Taschen book that includes ALL of Vincent’s paintings. Of course it includes essays and other academic information, but the fact that it also includes all of Vincent’s paintings in […]

Sunflower Study #2

This is the second of two sunflower studies I painted in order to prepare for my Vincent van Gogh-themed wine box for my 4th Annual Wine Box Art Show submission. I always knew Vincent loved the color yellow, but after attempting to recreate one of his most iconic sunflower paintings, I realized something. I noticed […]

Sunflower Study #1

In preparation for my submission to the 4th Annual Wine Box Art Show, I decided to work on some preliminary studies. I wanted my wine box to be inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s sunflower paintings, so I knew I had to take a closer look at his work and try my hand at recreating his […]

A Piece of the World

The 2019 edition of the Art Lovers Book Club concluded this past Saturday with a discussion of A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline. I was really moved by this book as it is told from the perspective of Christina Olson, the subject of Andrew Wyeth’s most famous painting, “Christina’s World.” The author […]

Bob Ross

I finally went to pay my respects to the man himself… Bob Ross. Bob Ross is buried here in Central Florida and this feels very auspicious to me. A number of local artists have posted to social media that they have visited his grave site, so in a way, it has become a sort of […]

Orlando Arts Magazine

July is nearly over and that means summer will soon be coming to a close. It has been an incredible art-filled summer full of surprises… including this one. I am very pleased to share that I am the featured artist in the July/August issue of the Orlando Arts Magazine. I have no idea how things […]

The Swan

If you have been following this blog for a while, you know that I am a huge fan of non-traditional gallery spaces. Central Florida seems to specialize in them and one of my favorites is The Alfond Inn in Winter Park, FL. The Alfond Inn is a boutique hotel that is an extension of Rollins […]

Modern Marvel Art Show

Saturday night was the opening of the Modern Marvel Art Show at Hourglass Brewing in Longwood, FL. I am thrilled to have three pieces included in such an epic art show dedicated to one of my most favorite fandoms – the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The artwork on display in this show is stellar! Amazing things […]