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Technical Insight #27 from “Not Far from Home”…”Amethyst” 2 Jul 2013 | 05:39 pm
Concepts for paintings arrive in many ways and are derived from various sources. Sometimes I set out to capture a certain sense of light or to develop a composition in a particular color harmony or t...
Technical Insight #26 “In Her Care” 4 May 2013 | 06:46 pm
This work, as many of my other figurative outdoor works, had a hybrid approach in regards to its execution. As always, the best-case scenario is to complete the entire work from life, but because thi...
Technical Insights from “Not Far from Home” #25 27 Feb 2013 | 08:03 am
Nichols Creek …then and now One of my winter rituals in landscape painting for the past ten years or so has been to visit a secluded glade which my brother Steve Gerhartz first showed me. Steve an a...
New Video… “The Beginning of Autumn” 22 Nov 2012 | 06:26 pm
The changing of seasons has always been great source of inspiration for me through the years of my artistic development. It is no surprise that I should draw from this source once again as I chose th...
Technical Insights from “Weekend with the Masters” 25 Oct 2012 | 01:02 am
Portrait Demonstrations… Weekend with the Masters I have had the privilege of teaching the art of painting for the last twenty years or so and have chosen the portrait as the vehicle to explain the co...
Technical Insights from “Not Far from Home” #24 29 Aug 2012 | 08:27 am
La Boheme and the influence of music… My father was a classically trained baritone who sang in many choral groups that performed the works of Schubert, Brahms, Palestrina, as well as many other early ...
Technical Insights from “Not Far from Home” #23 12 Jun 2012 | 11:42 pm
“You want me to use what color on her face????” So often as I am demonstrating painting a portrait, students are surprised by the fact that black is one of the essential pigments I use in mixing the ...
Technical Insights from “Not Far from Home” #22 4 May 2012 | 07:46 am
Glow On a winter evening a few years ago, Jennifer and I attended a party recognizing and celebrating the album release of a friend’s music. The event was beautifully staged and in contrast to the...
Technical Insights from “Not Far from Home” #21 19 Apr 2012 | 07:13 am
Should I, Shouldn’t I… I remember the day like it was yesterday. The notion of standing in a snow bank for several hours on this cold, dark, damp winter afternoon surely didn’t sound appealing and t...
Technical Insights from “Not Far from Home” #20 2 Apr 2012 | 11:42 pm
Warm, Cool, Warm… One of the key elements that I have taken away from years of painting from life is the heightened awareness of the warm /cool interplay on the subject as the form turns. I know I h...
