PatternArt Studio News

PatternArt Studio News

“Devil’s Club” – 24″ x 48″ Acrylic on Canvas The above painting is the latest off the PatternArt Studio easel. This image presents itself on many walks through our temperate rainforest. I am always struck how the large diaphanous...
Cascade River

Cascade River

Cascade River 36″ x 36″ Acrylic on Canvas Latest painting from the PatternArt easel. This square format painting was produced in anticipation of a possible mural. Nancy and I go camping on this beautiful river every summer among the big trees and hanging...
Sketches

Sketches

All my finished paintings start out as a sketch, sometimes a quickly rendered idea, other times a detailed black and white value study. The above images illustrate how a graphite or charcoal sketch can flesh out the initial idea, determine composition and values....
Quantum Leaf

Quantum Leaf

Quantum Leaf -12″ x 16″ Watercolor on Aquaboard Quantum Leaf, kind of a strange name for a painting. I was attracted to this image because of the strong diagonal composition and the tension between the bright warm Sienna and Ochre pigments contrasting with...
Open Studio February 3 & 4

Open Studio February 3 & 4

This Friday and Saturday a variety of Morgan Block artists will open their studios to the public. Come on out to Fairhaven and check out your creative community hard at work, studios will be open 10am to 4 pm. PatternART Studio & Gallery is on the third floor,...
Introspection 2023

Introspection 2023

Unspoken Conversation (Egg Tempera) For the past 15 years or so, Lanny Little (http://lannylittle.com) and I have met, usually once a week, to play pool. Pre-Covid, it was more of a social event at the Bellingham Bar & Grill, where we would play for 1-1/2 hours,...

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