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Young vine
Updated. I started this Plein Air at Elmaro, but tossed it aside. I took it home and restarted it with a photo reference. Vines have lots of details to get lost in, for example leaf veins and vine tendrils. The cloud probably looks like Mt. Rainier from my home state. Acrylic paint on a gessoed Continue reading
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Trempeleau and Elmaro
It was a successful set of events. The Plein Air events at Trempeleau National Wildlife refuge had 20 participating artists.We has some rain, but we worked around that. We also had 14 artists showing at Elmaro’s Crush Pad Gallery. We will be back at the gallery next June Finally we had artists each Sunday in Continue reading
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Elmaro Plein Air #2
I was trying Golden Open acrylic slow drying paint. In sunny and windy conditions it dried fairly fast on the pallet, but slower on the board I used. Here is my unfinished product. I’ll work in it at home to later the multiple green tones. When is Plein Air not? This is the piece after Continue reading
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Portrait Class
I had the opportunity to take a portrait class with Bob Witte this week. Faces are not too difficult if you want to represent a generic human. However, individual faces grow distinct by the smallest of details. If you miss the distance between the eyes, you miss the individual. In this class we used photo Continue reading
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Miller Bluff
Miller Bluff is to the north of Grandad’s Bluff and to the east of Myrick Marsh. I’ve painted this bluff a few times, only once or twice with success. How the show the variety of colors while not attempting to pain every tree and branch. Miller has less exposed limestone than its neighbors but has Continue reading
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Between the Bluffs fini
This was both fun and a learning experience (in a good way). Things learned: Here are my submissions: I look forward to next year. Continue reading
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Community Trail Farm
ORA is an organization that preserves land and creates trails. We met on this farmland for an afternoon. There are some barns and other structures here. But I liked the grass path through fields with receding lines of trees. The sky was gray and foreboding, but the hawks were riding the wind. I like the Continue reading
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From the East
Thy Nativity of Christ our GodHas shown to the worldThe light of wisdom.For by it, those who worship the starsWere taught by a starTo adore Thee.The son of righteousnessAnd to know thee.The orient from on high,O Lord, Glory to Thee! Nazo Zakkak Looking East over Lake Monona This is an Orthodox hymn to Christ, celebrating Continue reading
Two Book Reflections 