Tag: painting
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Where does Painting Inspiration Come From
Like almost every other artist inspiration for paintings comes to me from many different sources. Nature is my greatest inspiration. The color combinations that nature does is so beautiful. Here is a photo I took at the NJ Botanical Gardens. I love varigated plants. It’s hard to deny their beauty. I find plants symmetry so…
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How I Get Back into a Painting Routine After Time Away
*I’ve moved my blog, this post was originally published on January of 2025 December had some pretty unenjoyable moments for me. Mainly because of the fact that I got sick after the first week of December, and pretty much remained sick the entire month. I never really get sick. I can’t even recall the last…
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Artistic Exploration without Expectations
*I’ve moved my blog, this post was originally published on October of 2024 These past couple of weeks I have been spending my time experimenting with my painting. I’ve been experimenting with my color palette, with my mark making, and with my subjects. Whenever I have read about creating a successful art business the one…
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How to Stop the “You’re not good enough” Voice
*I’ve moved my blog, this post was originally published on September of 2024 One of the things I have heard and read many times is artist’s say how they have or have had that voice that say’s you’re not good enough. When I first started as a self-taught artist I felt this a lot. I…
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Creating Good Habits
*I moved my blog, This post was originally published in July 2024 This year where I live spring has been extremely rainy. There have been a few unseasonably warm days that have hinted to the season to come. I suppose those days have influenced me a bit and I found that many of the compositions…
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Becoming a Better Artist From Mistakes
This past month I worked on something totally different. I tried painting a landscape. I also experimented trying to be more free and impressionistic. Which is very difficult for me. My brain just continues insisting to add more and more detail. This painting has been a big challenge for me this month. It was so…
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