Journal Des Muses
An ongoing visual and conversational diary about my work and life as an artist.
Naches Heights in the distance seen from Selah ridge. Below the Heights flows the Yakima River.
The land.
I traveled to Eastern Washington February 13 and 14 to scout locations for a new series of landscape paintings (details below). My subject is the Naches Heights, about ten miles outside of Yakima. This project is especially meaningful to me because it is the home of my family on my mom's side.
Read MoreIn the open air.
In the 19th century, an artistic movement actively took painting outdoors--from within the walls of the academic studios outside into the elements. "En plein air" , in the open air, is the French term that is used to describe this manner of painting. This method of painting was used primarily by a group of 19th century Paris-based painters that fostered the style of artwork known as "Impressionism."
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