Category: Art

My friend Penny had an art mentor who would walk through the studio encouraging students to squeeze out more paint on their palettes. “Paint like you were a millionaire,” he would insist. Lately I’ve adopted a more millionaire-like style, using paint thickened with mediums and slathered onto the canvas with a palette knife. Sometimes I… Continue reading Paint Like A Millionaire

I met this cow in a small Swiss village above the city of Sion. The substantial bell around her neck and all the bells on all the cows echo through the valley when the cows are living in the high country during the summer. I named her La Reine and sent a photo to my… Continue reading La Reine Milka

“You made yourself look more Italian again,” said Marcy as I finished this California Girl self-portrait for the Bay Area Studio Artists’ California Shades show opening May 1 at Orinda Library. She’s right. I often paint my Roman nose more Roman than it is. That nose was a big worry for a younger version of… Continue reading The Nose Knows