Plein Air Painting (and sketching)

Standing next to flowers in full bloom, inspiration came from observing Oriental Poppies. I love the intense colors and it is good practice to train the eye to see in the moment. Every Tuesday afternoon I have the opportunity to go to the Green Bay Botanical Garden and setup with sketchbook and easel along with…

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Before and After

Starry desert landscape with two trees.

I’ve been spending time reviewing some of my older encaustic paintings and have reworked a few of them, this first example shown above has changed completely from the original. I had painted the Sugar Hill Lupines back in 2016 and at the time had done a series of lupine paintings. I used an electric tjanting…

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