OIL PAINTINGS
After painting most of my life, I dicovered master Impressionist Henry Hensche. He comes from a line of masters going all the way to Monet, including Charles Hawthorne and William Merritt Chase. I studied with Hensche every summer in Provincetown, Mass., for 6 years, and another 6 years with his students.

The main idea behind Impressionism was that the light and atmosphere affected the color of the objects. This formed an accurate record of a moment of outdoor light.

My paintings are filled with the  brilliant colors that I see in nature. I use many layers of color to build the painting, and make it look like it is in outdoor light.  The result is that the viewer also sees the variations of color that the light produces. Then when the viewer’s eye returns to nature, it is more keyed into seeing nature's true color variety. The value of this is that whenever one of the senses is expanded, conciousness expands, and when conciousness expands, life becomes fuller.

For a list of books that help to explain Henry Hensche's teaching method and technique, please click here.