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Hi friends! I just wanted to pop in real quick to let you know I will be away teaching an art retreat in Greece next week (check out my Inst...

Sometimes appealing still lifes just happen! That was the case when I was making dinner the other night. I had purchased a beautiful bottle of wine and decided to open it while I was cooking. It just looked so lovely on the counter, so I took a reference photo. I hope this encourages you to artfully arrange objects in your home and photograph them for future painting inspo! Y...

Hi friends! It has been a busy week, let’s catch up in Sat Chat!

So much going on this week!

Hi friends, today I have a painting I created from a photo I took on a rainy drive. We were stopped at the railway tracks, and I loved the melancholy look of the bleak Maine spring landscape. You can see the painting come together in this video:

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Hi friends! I had an absolute blast painting this from a photo we took on the Italy art retreat last year! It is so special to paint from your own reference photos because you can infuse the painting with the feeling you got while being there! You can find a real-time, fully narrated tutorial for this up now in Critique Club: