26 May 2013

Ray Roberts La Jolla Workshop

Just painting with Ray Roberts raises your game infinitely. He's the mad professor of dark and light . . . the crazy maker of mud which is transformed into incredible color . . . the King of Ocean Composition. The workshop came at the end of one of my great growth spurts. The perfect time to work with the Master. He helps you see the extraordinary from the ordinary. He teaches you to see.


 Study Number 2 from Day 2 was a major victory in composition and brushwork.

 The finished "studio" painting . . . 12x16. Truly "felt" this one as it emerged.

My first effort on the beach on Day 1. Ray liked my colors.


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