Chasing the Desert Sky

Birds in Art by Sarah Siltala

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Birds, Butterflies, Still Life and Landscape in Oil

”Beauty is truth, truth beauty”
—-that is all Ye know on earth,
and all ye need to know. ~John Keats

This past weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to study the portrait in charcoal with Teresa Oaxaca. I have been spending a l...

Fumed Silica in Linseed Oil Painting Medium

Still Life with Red Faced Warbler 9"x12" oil/panel It's been a very interesting start to 2016, and I find m...
Hand Refined Linseed Oil from Flax oil

American Goldfinch 11"x14" I just completed my first successful batch of hand refined linseed oil out of orga...
Demo in Indirect Painting

Welcome! I am an oil painter residing in New Mexico. I use an indirect style of painting based on Flemish and Venetian methods; I paint i...
Titanium vs Lead White

I spent some time recently experimenting with handmade white oil paint. I thought I'd share a little comparison I made after mixin...
Making Salt Refined Organic Linseed Oil

A fresh batch of raw linseed oil made from organic flax seed oil, resting in the light I recently completed another batch ...
A Poem

The Swan by Mary Oliver Did you too see it, drifting, all night, on the black river? Did you see it in the morning, rising into ...
Painting alla prima

I'm beginning to experiment with painting alla prima, which is when paint is mixed directly from the tube and a painting is comp...
Solo Show at Collins Gallery, with an exhibition essay by Peter Trippi

Stillness . In our busy-busy world, most of us crave it, yet rarely find it. (The proliferating of meditation apps is just one expre...
Saying Goodbye to 2018

Summer Sweet 11x14 oil/panel I spent some time over the past month recovering from quite a busy year, 2018 was exciting and downri...