Even when I don't think of myself as being a resolution-maker each year, I decide to keep being creative and making art. The desire to keep drawing, painting, creating, and collaborating waxes and wanes when there are other things going on in the world that can drag down my morale. In 2025, I hardly did any plein air painting! Most of my time and efforts were poured into illustrations for A Dragon Named Parasol . If you're lucky enough to not be overwhelmed by all the horribl

Reader advisory: discussion of death and naked people. This post sat in my 'drafts folder' for a long while as I made updates to the website. Looking to get out to somewhere new and hopefully relaxing, I set out to find a location that popped up on GoogleMaps as being "beach" on the Wisconsin River. As I drove to my supposed destination, I found it gated and several signs posted that the area was closed. The vibe was that whoever put these things in place really, really didn'

Social media, commercial art, and algorithms have heavily influenced the way some folks may think the art-making process works. For some...

February can be such a difficult month, though the days get longer, the feelings of greyness can suppress the soul. Most of my life, I...

Life drawing and plein air painting feel different than doing other kinds of work. It can be meditative as it can force a...

I have not posted a blog in several months. If you're here and reading, as always I am grateful. Moments ago, I deleted my facebook...

The first week of October signaled the start of Waukesha's plein air competition. The city is about an hour and some change from Madison,...

I have done my best to not mention that America is currently facing some challenges when it comes to it's identity and solidarity as a...