Watercolor
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Nevada Sky 2
Nevada Sky Approaching at freeway speed the horizon of mountains rising from the golden flatland overseen by two lines of clouds white and tall behind dark clusters in front shadows darken the angled hills and my phone captures in a box the angle of our approach. D. Carlson Continue reading
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Nevada sky
I’m working on more vacation pictures. This photo was from the passenger seat in Nevada on the Interstate. Clouds! So this has clouds, shadows on the hills and pavement. Here is the work in progress I’m hoping the cement divider and darker pavement will bring the clouds into balance. Continue reading
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Between the Bluffs
I’ve decided and framed these three This is from Brice Prairie, looking East up the Black River. Watercolor. This is from Riverside Park La Crosse, looking West. The mist and sky color faded quickly, but I caught it. Watercolor. This is a crabapple at Myrick Park near the Nature Place. Watercolor and Guache. Come and… Continue reading
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Between the Bluffs 2025
It’s started I was out on SR 35 at the Black River Saturday, October 4 It has been this Fall, so the leaves have just started to turn. I’m using my light set up. Camera tripod with paper stretched in a board. It was 85 degrees by early afternoon. But #1 is done. Continue reading
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Cross Road
I’m working on photo references from January at the Trempeleau National Wildlife Reserve. This is from an observation loop. With a bit of photo magic (scissors) I relocated the deer from a more long distance shot. The colors are blues for sky, trees in the distance and snow shadows, along with golden yellows for the… 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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Convergence
Between the Bluffs is a Plein Air event centered in La Crosse WI. It runs for two weeks each Fall, and on a Saturday there is a quick paint event. This year the quick paint was at the Friendship Gardens in Riverside Park. In this location three rivers converge: the La Crosse, the Black and… Continue reading
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Hawks Delight
ORA, Outdoor Recreation Association, has opened a new property in the West edge of La Crosse, on State Road. This farmland will be developed into a place for trails. Painters with the Between the Bluffs event met here to paint together. It was fun to see what caught the eye of the dozen or so… 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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Pen or Brush
A fellow artist saw the Belgic Confession quote on my business card and said, “can you change letters to paint brushes?” That is how I think of my art. For example this one from my display at River City Gallery. This is a view from Trempeleau National Wildlife Reserve of the Mississippi River and Minnesota… Continue reading
Two Book Reflections 