I have always been a big Ray Charles fan and when I was an art student at The Ohio State University I saw him live several times when he...

Ever since art school at The Ohio State University I have been fascinated by the ancient cave paintings in Southern France and Spain. ...

This is the cafe in Arles where Vincent Van Gogh did his famous painting “Night Cafe.” I looked it up when I was in Provence and it is...

The Brown Palace in downtown Denver serves high tea every afternoon and it is an exciting place to sketch. The antique furniture, large...

What a beautiful house.

When we get a snowstorm in Denver that sticks to the trees, lamp posts, and everything else, I grab my camera and sketch book and head...

I am currently teaching a workshop at the Art Students League of Denver titled “Paint Venice with Dennis” and each evening we work on...

I did this painting as a demonstration for the Louisville Art Center in Louisville Colorado in preparation for a still life workshop that...

First, welcome to the students in my new Introduction To Painting In Watercolor Class at the Art Students League of Denver. You are...

Every Spring I teach a watercolor workshop in Taos New Mexico and this painting was done at one of our favorite painting locations. It...

This portrait was painted during the last meeting of my portrait workshop at the Art Students League of Denver. The model was a...

Starting on September 12 I am teaching a class titled “Paint Venice With Dennis” at the Art Students League of Denver. It will give me a...

I am currently teaching a watercolor portrait class at the Art Students League of Denver and this is a painting that I did as a...

Last Sunday, July 31, my Urban Sketchers Workshop met inside the market in Larimar Square in downtown Denver. The market is a wonderful...

My Urban Sketchers Workshop just met for the third time and I am really impressed with the enthusiasm and the improvement shown by the...

My Urban Sketchers Workshop met for the second time and the weather was 10 degrees cooler than last Sunday. The sunlight was beautiful...

Yesterday we had the first meeting of my Urban Sketchers Workshop and I did this painting in preparation for the class. We painted at a...

This is a large painting 40 X 60 inches and I included myself in the photo so that you could judge the scale. The title “Pathos” refers...

I enjoy painting still lifes because I can choose the objects, the arrangement, and the lighting and then work on colors, values, shapes...

verywhere you look in Venice there are more things to paint and this is a view from one of the many bridges that cross all the canals. ...

Venice will always be one of my favorite places to paint because it is so exotic and colorful. I love painting the reflections in the...

During my first painting trip to venice I purchased an opera ticket and went to the famous opera house Teatro La Fenichi. I had never...

In venice everything moves by boat or by foot. This man was a typical workman with his sleeveless t-shirt and straw hat. An outfit worn...

A few years ago I started a series of large flower paintings because I new it would be a great challenge and something I could work on...