Hilda Neily

This week I have been painting in Gulfport Florida with Hilda Neily. Hilda was my painting mentor and is  a Henry Hensche Student, who lives in Provincetown and Gulfport.

Hilda and I painted together, one painting in the morning and another in the afternoon.

The pallet Hilda uses is vertical and her easel is a simple aluminum stand rite. Hilda maintains that most important for impressionist painting is to have the colors unaffected by strong sunlight so that the painter may make clean clear color notes.

Hilda works on my painting and has some interesting insights in the above  clip.

Sarasota Workshop

On the way home I stop in Sarasota and taught a small class on landscape and color. This was a great chance to see some of Sarasota and see what my old roommate Kyle Ringquist was painting.

Pretty much everyone was a beginner painter, however  interested in color and landscape painting. No one had easels, paints of palettes.  Kyle and I we whipped up six easels and six palettes. It was a lot of fun and just goes to show simple you can create a painting with a few simple tools.

I stayed on a few days and worked with Kyle in his studio. Kyle works in verso on plexiglas. His paintings are in reverse order. His method of painting is interesting being painted front to back and when it's finished has a brilliant result. 

Kyle and I also made some screen prints in his studio. 

Kyle's work can be viewed at the Kyle Ringquist Gallery at 349 Commercial Street in Provincetown.

Geraniums

While I was walking the dog I saw this porch and thought that would make a nice small painting. I think inspiration can happen anytime. I don't actually like being out in public painting, to be honest with you I find it a little uncomfortable. A Plein air artist has to be a little thick skinned.

It was a quiet morning and only the trash man asked if I would put him in the picture. I was polite and said "of course'.

My Center of interest was the flowers on the porch, so everything else is subordinate to that.
This Simple scene lends it's self to expressive brush work.