Progressive of Mounts Botanical

   
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Photo study for Chucks Garden

  My friend Chuck Williams lived on a very secluded acre all the way out west in Palm Beach Country Estates. One day I stopped by and I had all my art gear in the car. The back yard had...
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Photo studies for Floresta Corner

   
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Photo study for Dubois Park

   
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Progressives for Tea House

   
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Progressive for Micanopy View

Micanopy View is another aerial using the same house paints materials. I was returning from NY and these are the fields around the middle of the state of Florida that I saw out of the window. It was the first...
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Progressive for Beach Under the Bridge

  As in al, plein air paintings of mine, the objective is to use the scene as a springboard for something unique. Here I used an impressionist style, making sure the colors were more vibrant than the actual subject. Of...
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What Makes Art Valuable?

That is the million dollar question. Or, most recently the $480 million dollar question. A DaVinci was recently sold for that amount at Christie’s. It was originally purchased for $59.00 at a tag sale. So, in light of the sale,...
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A conversation about Plein Air Painting

Plein Air is the term used to describe on-site works of art, done partly or mostly in natural surroundings. It originated in Western Art during the Impressionist Period in Europe and the Hudson River Period in the United States. Today,...
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A Conversation about the Artist’s Changing Perception

Every artist talks about their Muse. A Muse is a person, a feeling, an overriding emotion, a political position, a conflict or something that starts the creative process going. When I was in my teens I painted a lot of...
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