September 28, 2021
Fall is a beautiful time of year in Northwest Montana. The days are still warm and nights dip down near freezing. We’re enjoying splendid fall colors this year. Case in point, this Flame Amur Maple we planted in front of our home nearly 20 years ago. Where did the time go?
The aspens in the foreground were planted the very same day as I recall. Sometimes a painter simply has to cultivate his very own inspiration!
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Marshall
September 21, 2021
I wanted to show you a recent painting by our daughter Sarsten. "Pony Run" has an interesting visual pedigree. If you’re an art history buff you may recognize that the horses were inspired by the groundbreaking photographs by Eadweard Muybridge.
And if you screw up your eyes and use your imagination you may see remnants of one of my landscape paintings drifting through the horse imagery. I don’t give up on any of my paintings easily, continuing to work on them until they reach a point of resolution for me. But in this case I was happy to offer up one of my less than successful works for Sarsten to paint on top of!
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Marshall
September 14, 2021
I recently picked up a copy of the new book, Landscape Painting Now and I’m enjoying it a great deal. Especially the landscape paintings of my heroes Wayne Thiebaud, Eric Katz, and David Hockney.
The extensive compendium features 400 illustrations of recent paintings by 80 artists. An extensive essay by Barry Schwabsky, art critic for The Nation, adds interesting historic references.
The book is an ambitious survey which takes a global view of the subject and makes a case for the unprecedented viability of, well, landscape painting now!
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Marshall
