Archived Newsletters
October 2024 Newsletter: Van Gogh’s passion for yellow, a new workshop in France, composing a stilllife
August 2024 Newsletter: Inside/Outside, Open Studio and a Fall Workshop, Grandma Moses
June 2024 Newsletter: Three stops in Paris: Roché pastels, the Marmottan, and the Orangerie; upcoming workshops
April 2024 Newsletter: Painting flowers, Milton Avery, upcoming workshops
February 2024 Newsletter: The appeal of Monterey's landscape, upcoming workshops,
and blue paper
December 2023 Newsletter: In Pursuit of Color, paint with me in Vermont and Maine, Sargent and Sorolla
October 2023 Newsletter: Tuscany workshop report, history in Santa Croce, a fall weekend workshop, and a trip to Venice
August 2023 Newsletter: Artists influencing artists, an exciting Venice trip, open studio, and a new venue for a workshop.
June 2023 Newsletter: A visit to Cornwall and an invitation to Venice
March 2023 Newsletter: Value Music, Workshop News, Neil Welliver, Pastels in Paris
January 2023 Newsletter: What my mother and Paul Cezanne had in common, The Last Light, Paint with me in Tuscany, and Viva Magenta
November 2022 Newsletter: Fall color, contemporary still life painters, a week in Tuscany, and John Singer Sargent
September 2022 Newsletter: Water lilies, realism vs abstraction, open studio, and upcoming workshops
July 2022 Newsletter: Upcoming Exhibit: Pond Painting Tuesdays
June 2022 Newsletter: The Watermill, Donatello, and the Biennale; plein air workshops this summer
April 2022 Newsletter: Ten rules for students, teachers, and life; sunflower paintings
January 2022 Newsletter: Working from photographs, Wayne Thiebaud, purple, Spring workshops, new mosaics
November 2021 Newsletter: Color in the landscape, lessons from Matisse, Rosalba Carriera Queen of Pastel, and 2022 plein air trips to Italy and Spain
September 2021 Newsletter: More thoughts on plein air painting, new fall workshop and open studio, a recommended online exhibit, new mosaics
June 2021 Newsletter: Thoughts on plein air painting, workshops and open studio, new mosaics
April 2021 Newsletter: Innovations from Whistler, investigations from Morandi and Albers, and an online class from me
January 2021 Newsletter: A tribute to Bill Creevy, working from photos, getting ready to travel
November 2020 Newletter: Revisiting a place, optimism for next year’s trips, new mosaics
September 2020 Newsletter: Artists working together, workshop news, a new mosaic
July 2020 Newsletter: Choosing landscape subjects, Edward Hopper’s solitude, workshop update
May 2020 Newsletter: Strategies for making a painting, online resources, workshop updates
April 2020 Newsletter: Still life paintings, remembering Wolf Kahn, and workshop updates
March 2020 Newsletter: New in My Studio, two Italian painters, and upcoming workshops
January 2020 Newsletter: What we artists offer our world, Elias Sime and abstract designs, upcoming workshops
November 2019 Newsletter: Setting ourselves up for success, 2020 programs in Europe, pastel show at the National Gallery
September 2019 Newsletter: A Tribute to my teacher, current exhibits, upcoming workshops, and open studio
July 2019 Newsletter: The magic of plein air, upcoming workshops, and a new program in Italy
November 2018 Newsletter: Making mosaics, a color library, and a painting trip to Asturias
September 2018 Newsletter: Studio news and an upcoming Open Studio, a fall workshop, returning next summer to Asturias, and a good book
April/May 2018 Newsletter: New paintings in my studio, two inspiring artists, an upcoming workshop and a trip
