Behind the Painting

Finding life in old bronze: painting the Texas Cowboy Monument

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Statues are great for plein air painting for several reasons.  The sculptor  already did the hard work planning the composition, posing the subjects and giving them something meaningful to do.  The bronze surfaces catch the light evenly, whatever the weather.  The colors are monochromatic and can be painted with a very limited palette.  And statues […]

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A recreated mission on the South Texas plains: painting the La Bahia chapel.

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For nearly 300 years, the kingdom of Spain held the deed for the great wilderness of what is now Texas.  Claiming title to that land meant little, though.  Few Spaniards lived in the remote frontier, or cared to do so.  As an absentee owner, Spain had no reliable way of knowing when European trespassers were

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