This month I am out upon the Isles of Shoals as often as possible. It's a series of rocky, windswept islands nine or so miles off the ...

John Henry Twachtman, Gloucester Harbor Scene, c. 1901 Twachtman's sense of design is utterly masterful. On a recent trip to Boston...

Yesterday I told my weekly Wednesday night students to turn their easels toward the window and paint the view from the studio, which happene...

Emil Carlsen, Still Life with Brass and Oysters A post on "Mystery" over at oil painter Stapleton Kearns' blog has me thi...

William Nicholson, Flowers and Glass Jug Sooner or later we must come to the end of striving to re-establish the image the ...

Pigeon Cove, 8x10, plein-air oil on linen, 2012 There are still several spaces left in my four-week plein-air painting class th...

Spring is here and the time is right for painting in the streets, or at least amid the faded glory of former East India Trading Company esta...