FROSTY
Yellowstone Lake, cooling off my feet
Plein air-painting above the Missouri River
Crown Butte area N. W. Mandan
Graduated from the Universiy of Michigan in Landscape Architecture in 1965.
Worked in the profession in Minneapolis, Denver, and San Francisco untill 1974.
Returned home to Mandan, North Dakota to paint fulltime.
Sold paiintings at indoor and outdoor shows in about 25 states.
Most sales have been direct to the customers.
Heart River
When painting a landscape it is good to:
Note the time of day.
The seasn of the year.
Yhe direction of the sun.
Where the water flows.
The names of the trees and where they lke to grow.
Why you are painting this particular landscape.
What is the focal point of this painting.
The creative process I learned as a student of Landscape Architecture at the University of Michigan has been invaluable to my career.
How to analyze a problem.
Conceive a singular concept.
And build a solution.
Be it cutting mats.
Starting art shows.
Building an art booth.
Develop new medium.
Build a "paint mobile " (vehicle).
Design a plain air easel and indoor easel.
Paint with a singular concept.
Design my web site.
How to paint prairie grass.
How to make painting that looks like North Dakota.
Thanks to professor William Johnson,
Johnson, Johnson and Roy, and the University of Michigan.
