Author: Ed Terpening

The holiday weeks are a great time for me to paint.  It’s a time of reflection, hope, appreciation of friends/family, and just general “good feeling”.  I need the right, positive

I’m finally back!  I’ve been visiting family in Southern California, and unfortunately, no WiFi was available to post.  Time to catch up. This video demo shows a how I interpreted

Here’s another sunset painting (see 1, 2) done from reference photos taken while on my recent trip to Casa Cosmos (Mexico). Clouds are fun to paint, because they make flexible

Point Lobos has so much to offer artists, and I’ve painted it many times.  This painting was done from a reference photo, if I recall correctly, from the area around

In October I painted a couple of studies of the historic Palace of Fine Arts buildings built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, built just a few short years after

Here’s a second painting of sunsets from Casa Cosmos.  I wanted a bit more sky/light in this, and I found a great reference photo.  Perhaps more to come…   Casa

I’ve started looking through my reference photos from our recent trip to Mexico, and found lots of sunset photos.  They were really spectacular.  It’s been a while since I’ve focused

There’s an area of Golden Gate Park called “The Chain of Lakes” that I’ve painted before.  There are a couple of trees there (I still don’t know what variety, although

Here’s a little 8×10″ study I did in my studio.  I’m trying eBay now for sales, in addition to my regular store.  Bidding starts low (just $40)!   “Waves” –