Not a Common Focus
September 18, 2019In my last blog I explored one of my goals in painting, namely, to capture the “character” of a tree. I searched the Internet to find out if any artists or art critics have written about the character of trees. I found just a few…
Red Maple and Sumac in Fall
June 19, 2016What excited me about the scene of Red Maple and Sumac was the colors. Not just the intensity of the color, but the range. Sumacs display every hue in the rainbow. My neighbor asked me why I put all those colors in the sumac leaves. Is…
My Furry Painting Companion
January 12, 2015Sometimes I paint with my dog on my lap. Of course, I have to be careful not to get paint on him. Wolfie (short for Wolfgang) is a Maltese, so his white fur makes any paint quite noticeable. At one point, while I was painting the…
SoMi Art Walk Opening Night
October 13, 2014Last Friday was the South Miami Art Walk opening event. Green Monkey South Miami, the studio where I currently teach yoga—another occupation of mine—hosted the Tiberius Art Studio. Together, my father and I had fifteen paintings on…
Painting Wild Nature with Knives: My Passion
July 1, 2013In this video I describe my childhood passion for trees that grew into a desire to express these feelings in paint….
Painting Wild Nature with Knives: Painting and Survival Instincts
June 17, 2013Do Landscape Paintings Appeal to Our Survival Instincts? One of the questions that has always puzzled me is what motivates people to buy paintings or photographs of landscapes and hang them on their walls. Is there something in our…
Painting Wild Nature with knives: Choosing the Subject
March 12, 2013In this video I explain how I choose a subject to paint….
Painting Wild Nature with Knives: Landscape or Portrait
February 20, 2013In this video I explain the difference between landscapes and what I call portraits of nature….
celebrating nature
May 1, 2011Our art celebrates the beauty and complexity of wild nature. We hope our work will encourage the conservation of wild habitats. All of us are aware of the immeasurable value of plants in providing useful products—from food to…
story telling in words
May 1, 2011During dinner conversation, Richard was telling a friend about the story behind one of his paintings. The friend found the story very interesting and wondered aloud whether Richard had ever written any of them down. On his suggestion…
story telling in paint
May 1, 2011The empathy we feel for a species is enhanced by knowledge of its natural history and ecology, that is, the story of each species and its relationships with the rest of the natural world. The story shapes the composition of our…
the process
May 1, 2011We paint exclusively with knives, not brushes. With knives we can sculpt the texture of the paint, which provides a three-dimensional quality to the painting. Another advantage is that knives can be cleaned with a single stroke of a…
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