It is vacation time!!!. I feel a bit guilty about this extravagant length of a vacation. Like so many of us, I spent my work career subsisting on two to three weeks of vacation a year. I used to really savor my vacation time and found that going back to work was a real chore. […]
Working with a Model is a special treat for an artist. Above is an image of a painting that I started this past Saturday morning. Josianne is one of my favorite models. For the last 2 years, I have had a model come to Tyler Studio once a month. I have dubbed it the “Open Model […]
Setting Up Your Studio Do you grumble to yourself that you wished that you could paint more often. I hear that a lot from artists new and old. “Gee I wish that I could find time to paint more”. There is always something more pressing to do, like the laundry, dusting, cutting the grass and […]
Galveston is a fascinating island off the coast of Texas. The town and coastal area has a lot to offer the casual weekender and the serious seasonal visitor. Regardless of what your pleasure is: birding, fishing, beach walking, swimming, shopping in the Historical District, Gallery Hopping or eating at one of the many fine restaurants, it […]
Celebrate the New Year! The January 14th ArtWalk at Tyler Studio is exhibiting a tribute to Galveston’s San Jacinto Neighborhood. Sallie Anderson has created a series of beautiful watercolors. Her watercolors depict some of the homes of the San Jacinto Neighborhood. Like so much of Galveston, San Jac. is a resilient part of our history, dating back to […]
I became enamored with Art way back when I was eight years old. Art sparked something in me. I was hooked immediately and still am. As I look back at my time at Sam Houston State, I can’t help but smile. I was able to immerse myself in Art everyday. My professors taught me the principles of […]
If you are interested in learning how to oil paint, I am offering a series of oil painting classes at Tyler Studio. I have decided to fashion the classes in bite size segments starting in November ( Nov 4th, 11th, 18th, Dec 2nd, 16th, Jan 6 th). The classes will be on Friday afternoons 2pm-4:30pm. […]
I have started posting my artwork on FineArtAmerica.com. This will make my work available as very reasonably priced prints. These print images will be sold as framed and unframed prints, gifts items such as pillows, shower curtains etc. I have arranged it so that when I post an image, it will also be posted on […]
Do you tend to procrastinate? Is this a trait that you have honed to perfection? The word is mostly used to describe a failure to accomplish something in a timely manner. If procrastination is some thing that you are really good at, then you are also well aware that it has a negative side. Stress, anxiety, fear […]
I love to take the ferry over to Bolivar in search of scenes to paint. Sometimes I paint on location-plein air, but sometimes I just go with my camera. On a recent trip to Bolivar to take photographs for my series of the Bolivar Light House, I found many birds fishing on the bridge and […]
In the previous post I discussed one of the two main methods that I use to decide what I am going to paint. Above is a painting titled “The Conversation”. It is an edited scene. It took me months to work out that scene. At first I didn’t spend a lot of energy on […]
“What to paint”? This is a daily question that I ask myself. Several years back, when I posed that question to my not so confident artist self, I often came up with a blank. I was overwhelmed by the beauty and stories around me, but I was clueless as to what to focus on, where […]
