If you thought this post was about yet another film featuring public television artist and pop culture phenomenon Bob Ross, you would be wrong… sort of. “Paint” is a new film that will be released in theaters on Friday, April 7th and stars Owen Wilson as a Bob Ross-like character named Carl Nargle. Carl has […]
Read more "“Paint”"We all know how much Vincent loved color – that goes without saying. Lately, I have noticed that when I set out to study one of his works, I tend to lean into the color even more than Vincent does. With the sunflowers, I worked hard to get as close as possible to matching Vincent’s […]
Read more "Daubigny’s Garden"To be perfectly honest, I can’t remember ever carving a pumpkin for Halloween. My parents made us stop celebrating Halloween when I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade, so it wasn’t until I was an adult that I was able to return to the best holiday of the year. Knives and gourds make me […]
Read more "Painted Pumpkins"“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” -Vincent van Gogh. As an academic, I love studying Van Gogh because he gave us quite a gift – not just 800+ paintings, but hundred and hundreds of letters. Shout out to his sister-in-law, Jo, who had the foresight […]
Read more "Starry Night"I had a lot of fun painting this iris. Vincent is known for his many sunflower paintings, but when he moved to Saint-Remy to check himself into the asylum, we begin to see more irises and cypresses in his work. Of course, there could be a number of reasons for this: perhaps, irises and cypress […]
Read more "Irises"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 […]
Read more "Painting in the Pumpkin Patch!"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 […]
Read more "Sunflower Study #2"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 […]
Read more "Sunflower Study #1"For the 1970’s category of the 15 Squared Art Show, I considered a few ideas, but settled on my first introduction to pop culture (and The Muppets)… Sesame Street! Sesame Street is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, so honoring this show felt right. However, I didn’t want to paint the more obvious characters. I […]
Read more "The 1970’s"Yesterday I took part in another edition of the Rediscovering the Masters series at Tildenville Marketplace in Winter Garden, FL. This month’s theme was “Monet in March” and it was a perfect spring day for an exploration of Impressionism. We kicked things off with a brief discussion of how Impressionism changed the art world forever […]
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