The way we see is critical to understanding how others will read our compositions.

The theme, or harmony, of a painting can be created by any one of its visual elements. A single colour... repetition of shapes... Light can be a theme.

Monet, Manet, Sisley, Renoir, Van Gogh and others went outside to paint for one simple reason - it looks different outside.

Being true to oneself more often leads one toward success rather than away from it.

The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care.

By merely increasing or decreasing the amount of contrast in any area we can move the observer through the painting.

The difficult part of the process is the long exploration and discovery of your own soul and living with the results.