My husband, Andrew Bartley and I recently had the privilege of attending an Alla Prima Portrait Painting workshop with Teresa Oaxaca at the Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio. Our focus of late has been on plein air landscape painting, so…
Building a Body of Work
The other day I was reading an article about how to tell if you are an amateur artist. It hit home for me, primarily around focus. I have a history of changing mediums and subject matter quite often. Last year it…
Nurturing a Style
Yesterday I painted this larger version of Valley of the Five Lakes. I guess that makes the first little one a study? That first version is one of my favourites. It records such great memories and I love the colours…