I’ve got a full teaching schedule ahead. Two workshops at Pine Shores Art Association (June and August), Plein Air Sessions in Cape May, a week of workshops and demos hosted by the Artists Association of Nantucket in late August and a Plein Air class with the Philadelphia Water Color Society in September. There’ll be a lot of preparation… study sketches, demo paintings and putting together a lesson plan for each class. The best part is seeing the artist’s reactions when the

I sold my first artwork in high school. I used that money to buy Laurie and I cheesesteaks on a Friday night date. Now I have the good fortune that I don’t have to sell my paintings to pay the bills. Moonlighting as an engineer for forty years allowed me to paint what excites me while developing my own style. I officially retired the ol’ slide rule (look it up millennials and other newbies) eight years ago and I now find that I’m working pretty hard at being the artist I a

There’s something about the Historic Cavileer House in Lower Bank, NJ… it draws me in. Standing against time on the east bank of the Mullica River, parts of the house predate the Civil War. It’s old, it’s got character. Porches, a portico, Victorian trim, out buildings, an outside dinner bell, old boats, peeling paint, history, antiques. It even had a wood windmill and water tank till a windstorm blew it over two years ago. It’s my “Olson House” for those who get the ref

sketches for "Winter Storage" "Winter Storage" (watercolor on paper, matted & framed, image size 12"x17") I’m paging through my well used sketch/note/journal book… it’s a few years old now and its looking ratty but there are still some pages to fill. There are sketches, value studies, teaching commitments, student goals and progress notes, phone numbers, new contacts, notes from museum visits, gallery i