At a Landscape in Pastel class I taught at the Michigan Art Center, we spent some time reviewing the variety of tree trunk textures and...

Two upcoming venues will exhibit work of local artists including a selection of my landscape pastel paintings. The Clinton Arts Center is...

Continuing with my Gallup Park series, below is a view of the Huron River at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor, MI. The reference photo was taken...

Another pastel painting in my Gallup Park series. These two canoeists were heading back to the canoe livery on a balmy September...

Continuing with my Gallup Park series, here is a view of the Huron River neat the public boat launch area. There's a rather tricky...

Part of my new Gallup Park Series of pastels, this painting shows the abundance of water lilies on this stretch of the Huron River. The...

Gallup Park, on the north side of Ann Arbor along the Huron River, presents a wealth of painting opportunities! This scene is off the...

Pastel painting done in a plein air event at Bandemere Park in Ann Arbor, along the Huron River. The shimmer from the early-morning sun...

Day 2 of the "Common Ground" plein air event in Ann Arbor, hosted by Nora Venturelli and Jill Wagner. Today we spent our 90 degree...

When I am not outdoors in one of my plein air painting excursions, I often take advantage of digital photography to enhance and complete...

I've been busy lately adding oil painting to my painting activities and have not gotten around to blog much. So I searched for past...

I thought I would spice up my underpainting techniques to do paint this landscape of a field at Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor....