Nuance

“The trouble is, my dear doctor, is that you see, but you do not observe…” – Sherlock Holmes to Watson I don’t know how many times over the years I have said something to my kids (like for them to take out the garbage) and then 20 minutes...

The Yellow Stage

Last Friday I did a zoom lecture. I was asked by the Pittsburgh architecture firm, Maclachlan, Cornelius and Filoni (MCF) to start off a lecture series they are doing every month for their company and invited clients featuring an artist. I was happy to do it. I only...

The Color of Light

All light sources have an inherent color. Photos (darn them) tend to throw things off- we see things covered in “white light” yet, did you ever create a painting say, of a sunset, and when you added white for the brightest part of the sky it just looked...

Composition

“Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.” – Josef Albers This is a statement I have heard more or less from masterful artists over the years. Clyde Aspervig comes to mind. (if you are not familiar with his...