Nicolas de Stael, the subject of my last post here, had a nice phrase to describe his approach to painting, wavering between abstraction and...

At first glance, I saw only a stony wall of dull, fragmented paint. Nicolas de Stael, Fugue, 1951-1952 (detail) But look again, some...

Two from the studio of late. Blue Beach Rain, 11"x14" Transition #2, 20"x30"

Tidal Rocks, Ogunquit Nine students joined me for a fabulous day of painting, history, and self-exploration at my April 19 plein-air wor...

Monarch of the Glen by Maria A'Becket A large painting by 19th century Maine painter Maria A'Becket has been discovered rolled u...

Charles H. Woodbury used to tell the students in his Ogunquit, Maine  Art of Seeing  class to "paint big and fast outside" not b...

Wolfgang Laib, Pollen from Hazelnut , at NYC's MoMA. I took this picture on my iPhone a couple months ago at NY's Museum of Mo...