Painter
I started painting
in oils in 2004 after 2 decades of painting on silk. My
teachers were Brigitte Curt and Jim Smyth, who taught me
everything I know about the medium, and to appreciate the
joy of painting in a medium that is lush, sensuous, and
totally forgiving.
The Bay Area is a wonderful area
for plein-air painting. We have the ocean, the bay, the
hills, the fields, and the marvelous weather. There is
never a moment of panic at looking at a blank canvas and
wondering how to start, because there is so much to see
and paint. I paint "alla prima", i.e. in
one session. I find that "correcting" it in the studio
loses all the spontaneity and dash that might have been there
in the first place, and reduces it to a dull, overworked
painting.
I love painting, and love most of all the process of doing
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