The Way of the Brush: on Painting Skies
5 min readJun 13, 2019
Like a massive slab of arctic ice, the cloud is suspended against a distant pale blue backdrop. My eyes scan the horizon, taking in the massive shape over nearby rooftops. I experience it as a cohesive, expansive whole, stretching wide across my field of vision. I have painted hundreds of these skies. With each new sky comes a new experience.