Stapleton Kearns

Blog about landscape painting, art and "how to" advice for painters.

Monday, February 22, 2016

James Gurney, a review of his new video

James Gurney sent me a copy of his new video and I enjoyed it. This is not really a basic how-to video, his books cover that. If you ...

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Arthur Wesley Dow, and a disjointed ramble through late Victorian design fads.

The above illustration is from a book "Composition; Line, Notan, and Color by Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) who lived in Ipswi...

Friday, December 11, 2015

Dearest Blog readers. I am doing a book for Pequod books. As part of that project, I have been labeling old posts and working on the ba...

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DUMB DESIGN IDEAS Potato edition

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DUMB DESIGN IDEAS POTATOES Another find from the Nevelson master this painting is a fine example of a design flaw. ...

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About Me

Stapleton Kearns: I am a professional landscape painter.I make my living painting pictures. In my blog I show my paintings, offer some of the techniques, ideas and methods I have learned over the years, and talk about how to make a living as an artist. I present some essays on painting, art, and hopefully amuse you some at the same time. I will also tell you about many of the fine painters I have known over the years and some who died long ago. I talk about my training in the studios of R.H.Ives Gammell and about the many artists who have mentored me along the way. I also try to explain what I THINK makes a good painting, and how to go about making one. If you have just found this blog, I suggest you go back to the earliest posts and read forward. It is now an enormous archive of about a thousand posts. The posts start out with the most basic information and progress towards the more philosophical side of painting. I hope you will find it useful! .............Stape

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