Author Archives: TC
Sketch of the Day – Feb 3, 2012
Silk Road Covered Bridge, Bennington, VT. Like most winter days in VT, it was “cloudy with breaks of sun” as the forecasters like to say. When I sat down to paint, there was sun light hitting the left – south – side of the bridge and some of it was passing through the lattice structure and landing on the white [...]
Sketch of the Day – Feb 2, 2012
Ground Hog Day. Here in Vermont, there was thick cloud cover all day long so no way a ground hog could have seen his shadow and, anyway, it’s been such a mild winter that we’ve essentially been having spring all winter long so far. With the cloud cover, it was impossible to find a nice light effect, but some orange [...]
Sketch of the Day – Feb 1, 2012
I always encourage students in my classes to liberally buy and use sketchbooks to develop their skills. Yet since, last fall when both art and non-art related things started taking up my time, I’ve been ignoring my own sketchbooks. Beginning yesterday, Feb 1, I have a new commitment to liberally buy and use sketchbooks – actually, I won’t need to [...]
Holiday Open Studio
By popular demand! Open for a second time tomorrow, Dec. 10th from 1 to 5pm. Thanks to all who dropped by this past Saturday. Jeanne and I enjoyed visiting with those who were able to make it. For those of you who weren’t – and because we’ve had lots of requests, – you have another chance tomorrow from 1 to [...]
New England Watercolor Society Signature Membership
I’m honored to have recently been elected to Signature Membership in the New England Watercolor Society. My painting “Dock” was included in the 2011 Regional Open Juried Exhibition – my forth accepted entry in NEWS exhibitions since 2008, and the one that put me over the top! The New England Watercolor Society is oldest watercolor societies in the country [...]
North Bennington Plein Air Competition
The 2nd Annual North Bennington Plein Air Competition kicked off yesterday in the midst of heavy downpours of rain. Managed to complete
Billsboro Winery Plein Air Festival – Aug 12-14, 2011
The 4th Annual Billsboro Winery Plein Air Festival is underway today through Sunday the 14th. One painting done – “Satoh Tractors” – three to go. The weather is great for plein air painting – sunny & warm with a light breeze. Should be this way for the whole weekend. Twenty artists are painting in and around Geneva, NY at the [...]
Two person exhibit – “Sacred Vessels & Vantages” at the NAACO Gallery
Opening on Thursday, July 28th, is a two-person exhibit of new work from myself and ceramic artist Jessica Phillips. The exhibit titled “Sacred Vessels & Vantages” features twelve new paintings created just for this exhibit. With the theme words “sacred” & “vantages” I decided to create work in a format that would evoke the idea of vantages while focusing [...]
Weekend Watercolor Workshop – Watercolor Simplified
Watercolor Simplified! – Saturday & Sunday, August 6 & 7, 2011, 10am – 4pm.  NEW and UPDATED Class Material! Although perceived to be a difficult medium, watercolors’ unique working characteristics and working process are easily learned.  Whether you are a beginning watercolor painter, or have worked with the medium for some time but still find the medium difficult, this [...]
Sacred Vistas series for upcoming exhibit
Working hard getting work ready for an upcoming exhibit at the NAACO Gallery. This exhibit with the theme “Sacred Vessels & Vantages” opens Thursday, July 28th and runs through August. It is a two-person show featuring the work of ceramic artist Jessica Phillips and my watercolor paintings. For this exhibit, I’m creating a series of works which are literally vistas [...]
