You will experience the most incredible freedom in using your fingers to paint!  I use gloves now and then but it isn't the same.  I have a connection to my pieces and my fingers start to take me where they want to go! 

I like your landscapes and the color usage.  I like the fact that you are not afraid to use color!

Hi gregoryalbright  aka top friend, I dont know what medium you are working in but since I only know about watercolor I can suggest how to create depth using watercolor only - I paint in layers, first is the wash, then dry the paint, then is the next layer of wash, defining composition and creating depth, then dry the paint, then is detail work, done working dry. I build depth with my paint layers in washes and glazes which allows for the transparency of the medium to reflect the depth of the painted washes which leads to the depth of the painting. At the end, if I really need to push things back into more depth perspective, I might toss in some spatter. So thats how I do it, but you may find a better way will work for you.

Yes, I decided to use my PR photo on this site but I had to figure out how to resize it before I could post it although I figured that out too. I like when you can see a persons face.

cool, I get to be your favorite friend! I know its hokey but I am having lots of fun with this website.

So tell me, which do you like best, making furniture or making paintings? your gallery only shows 2 woodworks.. hmmm

HI Gregory: The film professors were great! Thoughtful, challenging etc. I did a San Fran State 6 week intensive one summer. The animation teachers taught me how to draw also. It was the art school painting teacher who carried a razor in his pocket. That's why I ended up working in television. I knew decent people art teacher in college - it was just the art school that sucked.

Yesterday I was looking at colleges for my daughter. We were in a theatre department and one of the acting teachers gave his life story - about starving in London to do stage design. A friend offered him a teaching job in Chicago - but he had had such bad experiences with teachers that he refused. A few weeks later his friend convinced him that he didn't have to teach the way he was taught. That turned a big light bulb on for him. We ended up in Seattle after Stuart finished his engineering education.

I love these new paintings you put up. Nicely done!!  Barbara

Really interesting title.  Enjoyed those.