Descending Perspective, Falling River
I imagine you have driven on hilly winding roads. As the road ascends it can appear to end at the hill’s climax. It appears to cease to exist. It appears as the edge of the end of the road. If … Continued
Edge of the Pond
By the mid 19th century plein air landscape painting was well established by pioneering landscape artists like Corot, Michallon, Millet, Daubigny, among many. They brought plein air oil sketch effects into the studio and applied them to larger exhibition works. … Continued
Nesting the Light
Across time and the globe when making pictures artists have considered where to place the light. This isn’t only because the light attracts our maximal attention, nor only because it offers a goal, a destination for our mind’s eye, but … Continued
Intimate Nature
Intimacy implies proximity in relationships. A sense of private confidentiality thrives in intimate relationships. Building an intimate relationship with nature can begin by getting close to your subject. In the 18th and 19th century landscape painters found intimacy with nature … Continued
Surface Tension
Water flow can leave a trace of its previous activity in the earth (Example 1). Artists find themselves behaving like the earth, observing, capturing and responding to the experience of materials in contact with water. Waterborne or water-buried the relationship … Continued
Flow Patterns
According to Professor Adrian Bejan’s book, Design in Nature, a scientific treatise on flow states he observes “The configuration of a flow system is not a peripheral feature. It is the defining feature”. Flow determines the shape of a system … Continued