Today, on my last day in the Catskills, I’m painting an ordinary view of a typical Catskill stream. This will be reference material for a fu...

I find inspiration for future Dinotopia books in the most unlikely places. The bluestone quarries above Platte Clove were once the source fo...

I set up to paint on a bridge over Schoharie Creek, and a father and his two sons came along to watch. The boys were each holding a slice of...

I left the little red cabin for a day of painting in the Catskill wilderness. All the plein air gear fits into a black backpack so I can tak...

On Monday morning we stopped by to visit Jimmy Morton, who lives alone in a little house near the headwaters of Schoharie Creek. He has spen...

On Sunday some friends from the Platte Clove Community came by for a visit. They live just up the road in a converted summer camp at the bas...

“This is going to be BORING,” declared Franklin as we started up the Platte Clove Road. “Stuck in this old cabin with nothing to do.” As if ...

Platte Clove is a V-shaped valley that slices into the western face of the Catskill Mountains in New York State. Some wildlife biologists co...

My sketchbooks have quite a few drawings like this, which I call the “Diner Still Life.” It usually consists of the chrome napkin holder, su...

Here’s my wife Jeanette doing what she loves most: sitting outdoors with a sketchbook. We met as sketching buddies at Art Center College of ...