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Painting from the top of Tom Holder Road

There are dozens of places in the Taos area that have become favorite views for painters and photographers. One of them is the

I have decided I have far too much art stacked up in the corners of my home, studio and storage spaces. It’s time to sac

I am filling up sketchbooks with gesture sketches and I decided to sacrifice a couple 5×7 panels to a couple successful s

I decided to release my children’s book, “Little Snowflake Flower,” as a video as we are in the middle of qu

I can’t begin to tell you how grateful I am for youtube. I have found a cache of timed gesture poses by the New Masters

It’s like an answer to a prayer. Like a dream realized. I have a studio downtown on Kit Carson Road. I unwrapped my 65th

Here is a favorite Bruegel painting, “The Fall of Icarus,” which I used as inspiration for my painting “A Busy M

More work with the masters. I have always admired the work of Francisco Goya and as I scanned through his famous images, one s

In trying to sharpen my composition skills I am studying the masters. Here is an example of a classic image and then my rendit