Sketching the Riviera di Ponente

Sketching the Riviera di Ponente

Sketching the Riviera di Ponente After extended COVID lockdown I broke out of an artistic slump, took a plane to Milan then a train to the Italian Riviera.  I stayed midway between Genoa and the French border in an area filled with medieval sights off the winter...
Pandemic Sketchbooks

Pandemic Sketchbooks

Pandemic Sketchbooks This is a selection from my Pandemic sketchbooks. I sketched on the subway, in the streets of New York, in my studio, and after making rounds seeing patients. It was a very bad time and I saw first-hand how it impacted people, but I am lucky to...
Painting in the Catskills

Painting in the Catskills

Painting in the Catskills There is no better place to paint like the Catskill Mountains.  Close to New York City you can be totally alone with nature. With  low hanging clouds and mists, babbling rivers and streams filled with trout, and rolling mountains this is an...
Making Art in Red Rock Country

Making Art in Red Rock Country

Making Art in Red Rock Country In the Fall of 2019 I attended the Red Rock Arts Festival in Moab, Utah where dozens of like-minded people enjoyed plein air painting in the spectacular desert landscape.  I worked in both watercolor and oils, as well as my regular...
Italian Riviera Plein Air Sketchbook

Italian Riviera Plein Air Sketchbook

Italian Riviera Plein Air Painting and Sketching Needing to refresh my artistic soul, I decided to start the new year with a sojourn to the medieval towns of the Riviera di Ponente, also known as Liguria, on the Italian Riviera.  I packed my brushes, sketchbooks, and...