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Nearly a year ago, two wonderful friends of mine got married and I promised them a painting. They love the North Cascades and I’ve been keeping my eyes open for material. A few weeks ago while leaving the Methow Valley and driving across the beautiful North Cascades Highway, I took a few photos of Pyramid [...]
This Springtime I completed my largest watercolor yet, which was a wonderful commission for an avid kayaker in the Boston area. The vision for this painting, kayaking on the Alaskan coast with an expanse of glaciated mountains, felt right up my alley and I was delighted to accept the project. (Learn more about commissioning work [...]
I’m working on a series of watercolors for a lovely woman who traveled to Antarctica with Quark Expeditions in March- the same company I’ve traveled with as artist-in-residence. The paintings are fun to develop and I’d like to share a few here along with my process of creating them. To begin, I cropped and tweaked [...]
When out in the field, I think about building my “palette of place”: my vocabulary of color, climate, and stories. People often ask if I work from photos and I do, but field work is integral to my process. Sketching and painting outdoors allows me to look at my surroundings closely and from different perspectives. [...]
I recently bought a large roll of Arches 140lb cold press watercolor paper and for the first time, am stretching my paper. Typically, I purchase 22″ x 30″ sheets which are packaged flat and may be simply taped down and minimally buckle (a side note here- I iron my paintings before I flatten them before [...]
