I run back to my studio and download the many photos of my walk. I edit them, print them, and tape one up beside me on my easel. Sometimes I paint from this beautiful photo, and sometimes I paint from it many times. It is intoxicatingly inspiring. It seems however, that more and more, I study the photographs and then …
A walk by the ocean (Part 2/3)
I love to travel and experience nature, but the inspiration for many of my paintings comes from a walk by the ocean close to my home. I am blessed to live near the ocean, and each time I visit, I take photographs as if it were the first time I have ever seen it. The atmosphere, colors and light are …
A walk by the ocean (part 1/3)
The Oxford Dictionary defines inspiration as: the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative. As a landscape artist, my physical surroundings, the environment where I live, grow, and experience life is my inspiration. My visual observations are the primary inspirations for my paintings, but the intangible is making a stronger presence and …