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Artist For More Than Half a Century and Still Going Strong

“I never saw a good artist I could not steal from.”~Pablo Picasso “I never steal another artists work. I just take it to my level.”~Lynn Burton I recall as a young teenager (fifty-five years ago!) watching my artist brother, Lynn … Continue reading →

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Experimenting With Color

“There are just so many notes in music and just so many colors, but it’s the beautiful combination that makes the masterpiece.”~Charles Hawthorne Exercise 1: I like to think of a color wheel to not be a wheel at all, … Continue reading →

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An Artist’s Path to Simplicity is Wrought With Complications

An artist’s path to simplicity is often wrought with complications. The more I try to think of an interesting and simple composition, the more it trends toward a complicated one. Usually, these become quick sketches set aside to become a … Continue reading →

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Art Featuring the Southwest

For many years, Frederic Sackrider Remington’s bronze sculpture, Bronco Buster, has set atop my library bookcase. I’ve always been fascinated by artist depicting cowboys and Indians. I was born in New Mexico, hardly more than sixty years after sheriff Pat … Continue reading →

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Watercolor Textural Techniques

The question many watercolor artist have when faced with depicting the tangle of shapes and colors they see is: “How am I going to portray this in my painting?” They may be looking over a field of vegetation with dappled … Continue reading →

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