That the castle is old is a given; the views, however, are new and spectacular. Vacation pictures tend to bore me, but when I edit through hundreds of photographs from…
Visitors: an homage to those lucky enough to travel freely, and to those who cannot. I won’t get too political here, this is a blog about painting after all. I…
Recalling the summer sunlight in a port town on the island of Crete. We probably spent no more than four hours in the port city of Chania, Crete. Chania is…
From my summer visit to the medieval walled town of Vannes, France, near the Brittany coast We enjoyed Vannes a lot. It appears to be the sort of harborside town…
Where did August go? I am not done with summer just yet. We have just arrived in Rennes, France for my watercolor workshop via the high-speed train from Paris. It…
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. —Marcel Proust I was so taken by the landscape surrounding Mont Saint Michel, especially…
I spotted Mont Saint Michel amidst a field of Queen Anne’s Lace. It doesn’t get much better than this. Reasons to paint: to relive an experience, to remember the emotions,…
While waiting for Spring, I return to Rome in a painting I’ve wanted to paint this view from the moment I snapped a photograph of it back in June from…
You can turn sixty— Some towns that is old. But no, New York keeps it fun. August 2014 Watercolor Arches cold press, 300 lb, 10.25″ x 14″
Wonder who lives here? Just a beautiful scene from the Mediterranean. The waterfront and cliffs of Santorini are so dramatic—how does one take it all in? This little courtyard has…