I’ve just returned from a visit to Florida. This was a needed vacation from Chicago’s awful weather. I also needed to see some flowers, green plants and, best of all, the ocean. I managed to work on only one drawing while I was there but that is better than nothing.
My usual strategy is to photograph lots of green stuff, leaves and pods in order to take the images home with me for further study. I don’t draw from nature but I use nature to reflect upon the structure and many possible combinations available in nature. The impressionists went into the field to study nature directly. I have never taken my paints and paper out side to work on site, but I do use the photographs together and in combination to create the compositions that become my flower drawings and paintings.
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About Me
- Stories from an artist point of view
- I am an artist with about fifty years worth of experience creating and exhibiting art in the United States.
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