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I’m not going to write a lot of thoughts tonight about this day and workshop as I would like to absorb more lessons and “boil it down” effectively. For now,

I know there are many fans of Ovanes Berberian that visit my blog. I’ve just heard from Ray Morrison that his workshop schedule for 2007 is now available. If you’re

I was going through the studies I did at Ovanes Berberian’s workshop last summer and came across this one. While not everything “reads”, I like the abstract nature of parts

Since I was not allowed to photograph Ovanes Berberian’s demos, a few artists have asked me to show them the process using one of my own paintings. So here goes!

This has been an exhausting week, but I learned a lot. The painting on the left is my last effort, which I think is a big improvement over the week.

We were supposed to paint ouitside this morning, but it rained so Ovanes took us into his studio for a slide show. We then painted all afternoon at a small

Still making progress. I’m learning a lot from Ovanes, such a generous teacher. Today I focused on the area he asked me to work on: “raw color” (include more sophisticated

Today was divided between painting still lifes in the Apple orchard and a nightime demo in his studio. I made some progress today. Yesterday he commented that my color was

What a beautiful day in Idaho! I arrived at Ovanes’ studio to find cheerful Vickie Reece (Ovanes’s assistant) had set up wonderful outdoor still lifes in the orchard surrounding his

I’m off today to Idaho for a weeklong workshop with Ovanes Berberian. I’m going to attempt to keep blogging from there, but I have no idea what cellular service or