Perspectives: Canal-side in Venice
In this episode of Perspectives, I’m going to share with you a favorite image from my travels, this from a…
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Perspectives: Charleston Charm
Here’s bringing you another piece of art by yours truly. But first, a minor confession. Lacking the proper motivation and…
Perspectives: The Griffith Observatory
The Griffith Observatory (and surrounding succulent garden) in watercolor. Or, a study in layering and patience.
Perspectives: The Birthplace of Hemingway
My latest watercolor study, a 19th century Queen Anne outside Chicago, was home to Ernest Hemingway until the age of six.
Perspectives: Fair Girona
It’s a twofer this week, folks. Presenting a double feature of a building I photographed in Girona, Spain – the first muted in pastels and colored pencils and the second a lively rendition in watercolors.
Perspectives: Olana
My latest architectural sketch and watercolor attempt, which admittedly, falls a little flat. But any lack of skill on my part is made up for by this magical building – Frederic Edwin Church’s Olana.
Perspectives: The Hamback House
Just off Volunteer Park in the Seattle neighborhood of Capitol Hill, this funny little Tudor cottage has charmed passerby with…
The Healing Arts: Art and Design in Medicine
“The effect on sickness of beautiful objects, of variety of objects and especially of brilliancy of color is hardly at…
Perspectives: The Eckstein Estate
Introducing the new Perspectives feature: Watercolor of a Capitol Hill Millionaire’s Row Georgian Revival estate
Sensuous Laundry: Art as Skill and the Domestic Aesthetic
For about as long as humans have contemplated the nature of life, love, and existence, we have pondered over the…