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Esslingen Towers
I finished this painting around two weeks ago, but never got around to posting it. This is a view of the unique towers of the church in Esslingen, which are connected by a high bridge.
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Leading Ponies
Here's another painting that I finished recently, but hadn't gotten around to posting yet. I see this man and his ponies all the time, and he's probably a little concerned by the frequency with which...
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Next Project: Keith and Nathan Miller
After producing enough paintings for two simultaneous shows, I needed a bit of a breather; I haven't picked up a brush in a of couple weeks.I'm itching to get back to work now, and I'm excited to have...
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Progress Report
Here's a first look at progress on my current project. The outlines are sketched in, and I've got most of the cool-colored background in place. So far, so good. Keep your fingers crossed.
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Retouching an old painting
This little painting has been with me since I left Saudi Arabia, but I hadn't looked at it lately. When I saw it yesterday I saw a bunch of things I wished I'd done differently as I was painting it. I...
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A New Portrait
Here's a portrait of Keith and Nathan Miller, two extraordinarily talented guys. This was a lot of fun to paint, and it's got me hoping to do more portraits in the future.
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Two New Paintings
GerhardshofenSheep in the ShadeThere are a lot more landscapes I hope to do in the near future, if I can just find the time...
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Gerhardshofen revisited
Last week I completed a small study of a view of Gerhardshofen, which is a short distance outside of Nurnberg. That study was in preparation for this painting, which I finished today.
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Today's Painting
I left Portugal a year ago, and I've been thinking about this view of Lisbon's skyline ever since. There's still a fair amount of work to be done on this, but here's a look at how far I've gotten today.
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Lisbon Skyline, and an homage to John Singer Sargent
The whole time I worked on this painting - which, in truth, was not a long time at all, since one of my goals was to work quickly without obsessing too much on details - I was trying to keep in mind...
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Zugspitze
It's taken me a long time to finish this painting, but sometimes that's just the way it works out. I think it's worth the wait.
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On 21 December, 1941 - two weeks after the attacks on Pearl Harbor - President Franklin D. Roosevelt directed the Chiefs of Staff of the US military to conduct a bombing attack on the Japanese homeland...
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Michael Kiefer, 11 September, 2001
New York, Pennsylvania, the Pentagon, Benghazi. We will not forget.On 11 September, 2001 I was in Amman, Jordan. I was the senior member of a small American military detachment getting a refresher...
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Bica's Morning Run
There are plenty of mornings when I don't feel like walking my dog. I'm usually feeling sleepy or thinking about work, or worrying about a host of things that seem more important than letting the dog...
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Four New Paintings
Here are a couple portraits I've been working on. Each presented its own challenges.The photo I used as a basis for this portrait was taken in a location that was not very interesting. I moved Sibylle...
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Someone who calls herself an executive recruiter asked to establish contact with me on one of those professional networking sites I got suckered into joining. Here's her attempt at making a good first...
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Landscape with fog
These days it's usually foggy and dark as I drive to and from work, which means I spend a lot of time thinking about painting landscapes that are foggy and dark. Here's one I did as soon as I got in...
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Happy New Year
I like to start the new year with a new painting. This isn't finished, but it's as much as I've gotten done on this first day of 2015.
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Winter Blues - Or, Painting Neuhausen
Blue is an important color because it can convey a lot of information about things like temperature and spatial relationships. Our eyes read a shift toward blue as an indication of distance, and blue...
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Harbormaster's House
Yes, I know. Watercolor is loose and splashy. Everything is supposed to be wet and runny. Nobody told me that when I started, and by the time I'd been doing it long enough to have some sense of the...
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