Bob Palmerton 

Last year I published this blog addressing how snow can exude a variety of colors, mostly of blues, purples and cool pinks. As I continued painting "Cross Country Craving" below, the brightness from the clear sky surfaced true white in the ski tracks. Here's the latest version of this work-in-progress: So I guess the message is "don't forget about the white." I must admit that every snowball I crafted as a child was white. It didn't occur to me back then that carrying tha

In late December 2016 I visited Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on the way to Arlington TX to see the Western Michigan Broncos play Wisconsin in the Cotton Bowl (my son Matt plays clarinet in the Broncos Marching Band). We arrived at our hotel at 2 am and arose the next morning to a classic low visibility foggy day. We entered the park and drove up to the visitor's center. Here are some photos taken of the surrounding woods that morning: The color (or la

Strolling through Furstenberg Park in Northeast Ann Arbor, I came across an open field housing scattered birch trees. I was inspired: I decided it was time to do a birch tree painting. Birch Ballet is my largest pastel painting (27 x 21 inches), using a full sheet of Uart archival sanded paper. A history of its development is posted in a separate blog on this site, from initial underpainting through the various pastel painting techniques used to complete Birch Ballet. My vi