Welcome to Two Studio Art

Welcome to my blog. I am an artist living in two places therefore the name Two Studio Art. I normally paint in oil but I also enjoy working with pastels. A recent trend in painting is to paint in a small format and to paint often to improve one's skills. While I'm not a daily painter (too many other commitments) I try to paint at least once or twice a week. I recently started painting in plein air and find it a way to really connect with the colors seen in the environment. I am an instructor at Blue Raven Studio in Kayenta at Ivins, Utah where I teach a class at Canvas a la Carte. I also show my work at Blue Raven so stop by and take a look at the paintings that I don't get posted on my blog. I hope you enjoy your visit and return often.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Matanuska River


I painted this on the banks of the Matanuska River with Pioneer Peak in the background and bodenberg butte in the middleground. . The river is approximately 75 miles long and drains the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Its headwaters are at the Matanuska Glacier in the northern Chugach Mountains. It flows past Palmer at this point and on to the Knik Arm of Cook Inlet. Silt from the worn down glacial rock has been deposited here since the ice age and one does not want to be painting this scene when the wind blows and fills the air with this fine powdery silt. I tried that last year and by the end of my painting session I felt like I was trying to complete a sand painting. This day was beautiful and lots of people kept showing up on the beaches of the river to walk their dogs and let their children play.
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