Blog | John Paints Maine

Sinking sun's last rays

Again venturing outside of Maine, and again the family farm thanks to a photo my brother took. The foreground tree is the star or the...

Catching the wonders of spring

Nothing like early spring woodland flowers. I went a little outside of Maine for this one, back to the family farm in Wisconsin I spent...

Capturing the sensation

Paul Cezanne's quote "painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations" is my goal. Even in a realistic...

Don't let perfect be the enemy, you will never achieve it

Quote from a well-known artist and how true. Each brush stroke is an experiment--which brush, how much paint, the color (mixed, blended)....

Drink in the ethereal beauty of the scene

Alpenglow over the Mahoosucs. A photograph of the scene is unreal--too perfect, almost heavenly. Here a wide variety of paint application...