Tickets are now available for purchase for my upcoming May plein air workshop. This event will be held at the historic and beautiful, Hermitage Museum in Ho Ho Kus, N.J. Space is limited for this event so if you want to attend then please purchase your tickets early. Pricing is reasonable at $40 per person.
Buy Tickets here: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/plein-air-herm-2024
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A huge thanks to Kathryn Schmidt and the editors at Ridgewood Living magazine for this beautiful article about my time as Artist-in-Residence at Claude Monet's estate in Giverny, France. It's been a real adventure over the last few years and I always love sharing my story as an artist and teacher.
Very cool to see myself in this piece about Monet and Giverny. This is also a great way to remember my time as Artist-in-Residence here in Giverny. When I first arrived in Giverny, I started thinking about ways that I can differentiate my paintings from the iconic views that Monet painted. The last thing I want is to do any Monet-style copycat pictures; I want to do something unique and decided that one way to achieve that is by changing my viewpoint to get a variety of perspectives.
With that in mind, I've been developing this new Japanese bridge painting. The idea came from a sketch that I did as more of a panorama view. I eventually decided to do an oil study, but from the other side of the bridge and with less of a perspective angle. I liked the study and decided that it will work as a larger painting. I did the underdrawing on the final canvas today so that I can begin painting tomorrow morning (with weather cooperating). I don't always do such an elaborate underdrawing, but this bridge has a very specific shape and I need to get the curvature correct before begin the painting. I feel like an architect or designer when I do work like this and it's a change since my process is usually more spontaneous. It's hard to tell from the photo, but the final canvas is fairly large and will take some time to finish. Wish me luck! |
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