Print making is the process of creating art through a sequence of transferring images from a matrix coated with ink or paint generally to paper. The matrix can be zinc, copper, glass, plexiglass, wood, and any surface that works for your intended purpose. Art prints generally refer to the making of images requiring creative decisions as…
For the past month I have been painting using oil pigments. Each time I revisit oil paints I am as excited as if visiting an old friend. There is a feel and freedom that accompanies painting with oil pigments that is unique. Oil paints do not shift in value or…
Welcome to my new website. Months in the making, Joshua Lawrence (my son) and I, have attempted to fill this site with relevant information that is easy to access and helpful to you in your painting journey. Here you will find my workshop calendar, a schedule of upcoming events, a gallery of my…
As I travel around the country conducting workshops I too often hear people discussing “the politics of painting”. These subjects are generally about ideas that have very little to do with making art, rather they are personally held beliefs that eat up more time and energy than they deserve. Subjects like opaque vs. transparent, to…
Three years ago (2008) while visiting the Harwood Museum, Taos, NM, I saw the work of an artist whose that took my breath. Tom Dixon is an extraordinary painter living a very moderate life that affords him the freedom to paint exactly as he wishes. While there is an obvious influence of the…