In the past decade, through my Sunlight & Snow and Azure & Asphalt series, I have become increasingly interested in conveying light. Not just any light — but a light that glows, a light that jumps off the canvas. This short video includes 10 of my most light-filled paintings from the mountains and the city, in oil and pastel. These paintings explore the landscape painter’s eternal question: “How can light be expressed with mere pigment on paper or canvas?”
Additional Resources
How to Suggest Brilliant Light Using Saturated Colors Instead of Strong Values Contrasts
Approaches to Capturing Light in Plein Air and Studio Landscape Painting
The Three Stages of Color Development in Landscape Painting
Gold Gesso Ground as a “Metaphor of Light” in Landscape Painting