“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...
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...
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...
“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...
Let’s talk color. The Itten color wheel was introduced to me many, many years ago by another artist and it is one of the biggest tools that have impacted my work. Like most artists, I had heard of “color harmonies” but besides vaguely understanding...
