I am a plein air and studio oil painter. I gather my studies outside and paint from nature, this helps and informs my studio pieces. My work consists of using the following materials to create my artwork. I use the primary oil colors, light yellow, bright red, and ultramarine blue. I also use a one secondary color, veridian green to create all the colors i see in nature. I paint on canvas boards that I prep myself; I use balsa wood and gesso. I cut to desired size and then I gesso the board with four layers. My paint bushes consist of use natural bristle bushes from size 2 all the way to size 8. After a painting is completed, I varnish my paintings to protect the paint and to bring back the colors. I then use frames from frame shops to complete my paintings. I paint in ala prima technique, using fat over lean method to compete my oil paintings. This allows me to paint wet into wet paint, by starting off thin and then getting thicker paint as the painting develops.
