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Putting Creative Composting on Autopilot
Check out this Painted Lady - Made from memory- Facebook Memories that is… This is exhibit "a" for how we can put Creative Composting on...
tmichaelniemanart
Mar 25, 20242 min read
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Some Ideas Take Time to Develop
Some ideas take longer than others... "Art takes time— Monet grew his gardens before he painted them." --Atticus Poetry, Love Her Wild...
tmichaelniemanart
Mar 23, 20241 min read
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Wednesday Walkthrough Series
Nearly every Wednesday night at 9pm EST we will walkthrough various things going on in the studio. These sessions will include things...
tmichaelniemanart
Mar 21, 20241 min read
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5-Below Gouache Paint Set Road Trip Barn Painting
We had a long roadtrip to a soccer tournament in Virginia this weekend for our daughter, Amelia. On Saturday and Sunday our son Aiden...
tmichaelniemanart
Mar 18, 20242 min read
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Claude Monet
The very first paintings I recall inspiring me to learn to paint at a young age were Claude Monet's Water Lilies and some of his many...
tmichaelniemanart
Mar 12, 20242 min read
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The Liberation of the Part-time Artist
Sometimes I wonder how things would be if I stayed the course, completed my academic art-related studies and a career of as full-time...
tmichaelniemanart
Mar 9, 20242 min read
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Learning new skills & rediscovering old friends…
Recently I invested in an online portrait workshop offered by Alain Picard. It was a fantastic experience. The focus of the workshop was...
tmichaelniemanart
Mar 6, 20243 min read
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Make the most of what’s around
Make the most of what’s around -- make the most of the time you have to create. As an introvert whose professional life has often left me...
tmichaelniemanart
Feb 27, 20241 min read
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Think before you paint
"Art comes into being in that abstract interval between a thought and reality, and no one - not even the artist who created it - can...
tmichaelniemanart
Feb 19, 20246 min read
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Creativity Process
Sounds oxymoronic doesn't it? Truthfully, if I have any hope of sustaining my painting practice over the long term I need a process for...
tmichaelniemanart
Feb 16, 20243 min read
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“Just walk through the door” — Plein air painting motivation from Al Bundy?
Sometime ago, I remember listening to an interview with Ed O'Neill (the actor who played Al Bundy on Married with Children and Jay...
tmichaelniemanart
Feb 5, 20242 min read
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Stepping out on Faith
Creating art requires a little bit of faith. Optimism is not required but faith certainly is a prerequisite. I don't mean to say that...
tmichaelniemanart
Feb 4, 20241 min read
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Trail Blazes… who knew?
The seeds for yesterday were planted years ago when I started following Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on social media. See...
tmichaelniemanart
Feb 3, 20242 min read
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Hard to Quantify - Art Journaling
The value of art journaling is hard to quantify however my instincts tell me it is invaluable based upon the short time I've been doing...
tmichaelniemanart
Feb 2, 20242 min read
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When exploring nature, it’s helpful to take a map
Painting requires us to embrace thinking & problem solving. Landscape painting outside while immersed in nature intensifies this...
tmichaelniemanart
Jan 31, 20242 min read
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We Are Operating in Abstractions - Always
We are operating in abstraction as artists. This is a grood thing because it brings us protection and responsibility. Both are good...
tmichaelniemanart
Jan 30, 20243 min read
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Awe
“The highest point a man can obtain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic, and...
tmichaelniemanart
Jan 29, 20241 min read
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Every painting can be your teacher
Every painting can be your teacher. Whether your own or someone else's. A masterpiece or a total disaster of a painting. No matter the...
tmichaelniemanart
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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Baby Oak Tree
Today we had a busy little Saturday, which included some among other things, chores around the house, a trip to the Department of Motor...
tmichaelniemanart
Jan 27, 20241 min read
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Nature is our greatest teacher even in the mundane…
"Of all the great works that we can experience, nature is the most absolute and enduring. We can witness it change through the seasons....
tmichaelniemanart
Jan 26, 20242 min read
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