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  Living the Moment - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Sketchbook Work in WC © JM Hulsey
  A Marvelous Night for a Moondance - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Launch of Rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, January 15, 2025
  The Ripple Effect - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Ripples, 1901, Arkady Rylov
  Nocturne Painting Calendar 2025
2025 Full Moon Calendar
  Holiday Greetings via Carl Larsson
Christmas Morning, 1894, Carl Larsson
  The Season of Whites - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
In the Wild North, 1891, Ivan Shishkin
  Thanksgiving 2024 - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
The Hawk's Nest, 1904, Childe Hassam
  With Our Complements - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Still Life with Roses and Sunflowers, 1886, Vincent van Gogh
  The River Runs Through Us - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
An Orchard on the Banks of a River, Frits Thaulow
  Artists of Asheville - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Heron on the Lake, 24 x 18", Oil, © Cindy Wheeler
  Perspectives on Awe and Wonder
Night Fishing Full Moon, 9 x 12", Oil, © JM Hulsey
  Blue Sky Ideas - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Color Chart of Santa Fe Sky © JM Hulsey
  Painting at Ladew Gardens - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Yew Windows at Ladew, 11 x 15", Gouache, © JM Hulsey
  Travel to Paint - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Photograph Courtesy Ladew Gardens
  Sleep! - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Sleeping Woman, 1928, Pierre Bonnard
  Sunflower Season - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Still Life with Sunflower, 1907, Piet Mondrian
  Painting for the Gold - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Rugby, 1928, Jean Jacoby
  The Science of Nocturne Painting - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Nocturne Color Chart © John Hulsey
  The Beginning - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
The Beginning, 36 x 36", Oil, © JM Hulsey
  Watercolor Updates - Jim McVicker
Buck Lake Bathers, 15 x 20", Watercolor, © Jim McVicker
  Watercolor Updates - Jeff Good
Beach 69. Hawaii, Watercolor, © Jeff Good
  The Science is In - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Dance, 1909, Henri Matisse
  Neuroaesthetics and the Curve - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889, Vincent van Gogh
  The Struggle is Real - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Group with Parasols (A Siesta), 1905, John Singer Sargent
  Arts and Culture - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Future - study, 1918, Giacomo Balla, PD US
  Painting in the Lilacs - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Lilac Bush, 1889, Vincent van Gogh
  Nocturne Painting in France - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Nocturne - LaRoque Gageac, 12 x 16", Watercolor, © JM Hulsey
  John Atkinson Grimshaw's Nocturnes - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
A Moonlit Lane with Two Lovers by a Gate, John Atkinson Grimshaw
  Water and the Night - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Night Painting on the Pond, 9 x 12", Oil, © JM Hulsey
  Winter Spring - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Photograph from the Lower Meadow © AW Trusty
  Nameless - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Pond in a Garden, Tomb of Nebamun
  Sunrise, Sunset - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Winter Landscape with Pink House 1918 Lawren Harris
  Nocturne Painting Calendar 2024
2024 Full Moon Calendar
  Ladies Can't Come to the Opening!
Lilies, Olga Wisinger-Florian
  The Long Reach of Art - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Les Plaisirs du Bal, ca. 1715-17, Jean Antoine Wateau
  Aurora Borealis by Frederick Church - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Aurora Borealis, 1865, Frederic Edwin Church
  Let's Just Call It "Steve" - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Steve, photograph by Catalin Tapardel from aurorasaurus.org
  Thanksgiving 2023 - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Winter Landscape with River and Bird, 1913, Julian Falat
  Drawing with Pastels - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
  The Pastels of Odilon Redon - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Ophelia, Pastel, 1903, Odilon Redon
  Drawing in Color - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Anna on Fire Escape, Pastel, 16 x 25", © J.M. Hulsey
  Light of the North - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
A Forest Stream, Peder Mørk Mønsted
  Scale Changes Everything - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Scale Changes Everything, WC, © J.M.Hulsey
  Matisse's Artistic Courage - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
La Blouse Roumaine in documented steps, 1940, Henri Matisse
  Matisse's Beautiful Obsession - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
La Blouse Roumaine, 1940, Henri Matisse
  Too Much Information? - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Harvest Time, 12 x 12", Oil, © J.M. Hulsey
  Emily Carr - The Soul of the Artist - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Chemainus Bay, Vancouver Island, 1924-24, Emily Carr
  The Greens of Summer - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Summer Shadows, Oil, 12 x 16", © J.M.Hulsey
  Uniquely Watercolor - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Three Color Effect in Watercolor © JM Hulsey
  Heat Wave - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Summer II, 32 x 48", Oil, © J.M.Hulsey
  A Meditation on Art - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
The Harvesters, 1565, Pieter Bruegel the Elder
  Letters from Giverny by Eric Santoli
Photograph of Artist Eric Santoli Painting in Monet's Gardens by M. Jean Gaumy
  Playing with Fire - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
The Magician, WC, 11 x 9, © JM Hulsey
  The Color of Happiness - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Banana, Orange and Pepper in Yellow Oil Pigment Comparison
  Temperature Rising - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Onion, Pepper, Tomato Color Temperature Exercise
  Shaking It Up - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Canyon Sunrise, Watercolor on Yupo, © J.M.Hulsey
  An American in Paris: Donald Beauregard - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Utah Landscape, 1914, Donald Beauregard
  If You Build It . . . - Perspectives from the Artist's Road
Photograph of the New Mexico Museum of Art ca. 1921
  Roses de No
Roses de Noel, 1883, Claude Monet
  Imagine a World - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
detail - Ramble Through the Bramble, Oil, © J. Hulsey
  In Gratitude for Steve Doherty
Hawaiian Waterfall, 24 x 18", Oil, © M. Stephen Doherty
  Inspiration Close at Hand - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Photograph of Claude Monet in His Gardens at Giverny
  Titles Make All the Difference - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Impression, Sunrise at the Marmottan
  Nocturne Notes - Dan Mondloch
Campfire Time, 11 x 15", WC, © Dan Mondloch
  Nocturne Notes - Jim McVicker
Trinidad Nocturne, 20 x 24", Oil, © Jim McVicker
  Nocturne Notes - Philippe Gandiol
Dusk in Montparnasse, 24 x 30", Oil, © Philippe Gandiol
  Nocturne Notes - Phil Starke
Evening Journey, 20 x 24", Oil, © Phil Starke
  Farewell Friend - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Tiger Water © Graeme Stevenson
  Creative Insomnia Update - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Summer Night, 1890, Winslow Homer
  On Edge - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
The Reader, 1910, Frank Weston Benson
  The Mind's Eye-Part II - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Still Life with Apples, Vincent van Gogh
  The Mind's Eye - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Lake of Meteoric Origin in the Vladimir oblast, Russia, Wikimedia Commons Ted.ns
  In the Pink - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
The Arrangement, 11 x 15", Watercolor, © John Hulsey
  Saving Art and Artists - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Ukrainian Landscape, Volodymyr Orlovsky
  Sorolla's Garden Paintings - Perspectives No. 457
The Gardens of Sorolla's House, 1915-17, Joaquin Sorolla
  Art and War - Perspectives No. 456
Ukraine Stamp Featuring Artwork by Maria Primachenko
  The Overlooked Theft - Perspectives No. 455
Odalisque in Red Pants, 1925, Henri Matisse
  With Thanks to Mort Solberg - Perspectives No. 454
Summer Nectar © Mort Solberg
  Lost in the Bushfires - Perspectives No. 453
Evensong, ca. 1900-1914, Clara Southern
  Nocturne Painting Calendar 2022 - Perspectives No. 452
Noctune Painting Calendar 2022
  Wishing You Warmth - Perspectives No. 451
Winter Twilight, onstantin Korovin
  A Remembrance - Perspectives No. 450
Contemplating Infinity, 24 x 36", © Dennis Perrin
  The Landscape Sense - Perspectives No. 449
oil painting of a trout stream and trees by John Carlson
  Thanksgiving 2021 - Perspectives No. 448
Baking the Bread, 1889, Anders Zorn
  To the Moon! - Perspectives No. 447
Moon Landing Sites for Lunar Codex Project
  Perspectives No. 446 - Color Shift
Landscape oil paintng by John Hulsey
  Nature's Magic Act - Perspectives No. 445
Cyphochilus Beetle Scales magnified courtesty Cambirdge University
  Of Rainbows - Perspectives No. 444
Murnau with Rainbow, 1909, Wassiiy Kandinsky
  The Sphinx of Delft - Perspectives No. 443
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, 1657-59, Johannes Vermeer - restored
  The Coolest White Ever - Perspectives No. 442
Infrared Composite by Purdue University
  Black is the New Black - Perspectives No. 441
The Redemption of Vanity Artwork
  Oliver Romeo - Perspectives No. 440
Oliver Romeo, Watercolor, © J. Hulsey
  Artists' Gardens - Frida Kahlo - Perspectives No. 439
Self Portrait - The Frame, 1938, Frida Kahlo
  Can You Say Yttrium? - Perspectives No. 438
Orange and Blue II, Oil, © John Hulsey
  Are You Curious (Yellow)? - Perspectives No. 437
Chrysanthemums, 1881-82, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  Variable Violet - Perspectives No. 436
Portrait of Violette Heymann, 1910, Odilon Redon
  Razzle Dazzle - Perspectives No. 435
Photograph of the USS West Mahomet 1918
  The Artist's Hands - Perspectives No. 434
Photograph of Renoir's Hands Late in His Life
  Perspectives No. 433 - Prairie Fire
Artist John Hulsey Painting a Prairie Fire Crab Tree
  Perspectives No 432 - The Silent Sunbeam
The Rainbows Source, 1890 - 1900, John Henry Twachtman
  Stealing Mona Lisa - Perspectives No. 431
The Mona Lisa Being Returned to the Louvre in 1914 Wikimedia Commons
  No Rain, No Rainbow - Perspectives No. 430
The Rainbow, 1907, Joaquin Sorolla
  Beauty Spot on Wing of Mallard Drake - Perspectives No. 429
Werner's Nomenclature of Colours
  Artists Painting Artists - Perspectives No. 428
Portrait of Willard Metcalf, ca. 1921, Frank Weston Benson
 
Venice, J.M.W. Turner
  Seeing Things Differently - Perspectives No. 426
Photograph © Craig P. Burrows
  The Flowers of Joseph Henry Sharp - Perspectives No. 425
Still Life with Chrysanthemums, Joseph Henry Sharp
  The Medium is the Message - Perspectives No. 424
The Alchemist by Joseph Wright
  Keep Making Art - Perspectives No. 423
Claude Monet in His Studio ca. 1920 with Nymphaea Panels
  Peace - Perspectives No. 421
snowy landscape watercolor by John Hulsey
  Celebrating Animals in Art - Perspectives No. 420
Aunt Betsy's View, House Sparrows, Acrylic, 31.5 43", © Elwin van der Kolk
  With Gratitude - Perspectives No. 419
Western Kansas, 1875, Albert Bierstadt
  A Century of Watercolor - Perspectives No. 418
Watchdog, Watercolor, 22 x 30", © John Hulsey
  Night Vision - Perspectives No. 417
The Conversation, nocturne oil paintingof cottage on a pond, by John Hulsey
  Case-in Point - Perspectives No. 416
Fall Cadenza, watercolor casein and pastel on paper, 12 x 12", John Hulsey
  A Fine Season - Perspectives No. 415
A Fine Season, Oil, © J. Hulsey
  Spotted Horses - Perspectives No. 414
Spotted Horses Cave Paintings at Pech-Merele
  Working with Painting Knives - Perspectives No. 413
Painting Knives © J. Hulsey
  Perspectives No. 412 - Color Mixing Master Class
The Grand Canal, Venice, 1908, Claude Monet
  Summer Greens - Perspectives No. 411
Interior of a Forest, 1880-90, Paul Cezanne
  Rolling with It - Perspectives No. 410
Foggy Pond, 9 x 12', Oil, © John Hulsey
  Rhythms - Perspectives No. 409
Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889, Vincent van Gogh National Gallery
  Creating a Vision - Perspectives No. 408
Paint Strokes in Oil by John hulsey
  Van Gogh's Japanese Prints - Perspectives No. 407
Cranes and Cherry Blossoms from the series Illustrations of Plants Trees Flowers and Birds by Togaku
  Dreams of Elsewhere - Perspectives No. 406
The Painter Jules Le Coeur and his dogs in the forest of Fontainebleau, 1866, Pierre Auguste Renoir
  Having a Say - Perspectives No. 405
Spain, 1902, Robert Henri
  Pandemic Painting - Perspectives No. 404
John Hulsey Conducting a Zoom Painting Workshop
  Revenge by Color - Perspectives No. 403
Vase with Poppies, Cornflowers, Peonies and Chrysanthemums, 1886, Vincent van Gogh
  Cherchez la Demi-Teinte - Perspectives No. 402
Portrait of Carolus Duran, 1879, John Singer Sargent.
  Imagine - Perspectives No. 401
Chauvet Cave, Ardeche France, 30000 to 28000 BC
  Rite of Spring - Perspectives No. 400
Coyote, Photograph © J. Hulsey
  Homebodies - Perspectives No. 399
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878, Mary Cassatt
  Artists and Lumberjacks - Perspectives No. 398
The Tempest, 14 x 18", Watercolor, © J. Hulsey
  Precious Time - Perspectives No. 397
Misty Morning, Photograph © J. Hulsey
  Heroic Measures - Perspectives No. 396
Bergungsort Salzbergwerk Altaussee 1945
  Lust for Art - Perspectives No. 395
Central Panel of the Ghent Altarpiece
  It Takes a Thief - Perspectives No. 394
Impression, Sunrise, 1872, Claude Monet
  The Knowledge of a Lifetime - Perspectives No. 393
Editorial Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne
  The Marvelous Marmottan - Perspectives No. 392
The Musée Marmottan in Paris (photo courtesy Musée Marmottan)
  A Wise Tendency Toward Reasonable Impressionism - Perspectives No. 391
Little Girl in a Field of Barley, Marie Lucas Robiquet
  The Masterpiece - Perspectives No. 390
The Langlois Bridge at Arles with Women Washing, 1888, Vincent van Gogh
  Transparent Eyeball - Perspectives No. 389
Transparent Eyeball, ca. 1836-38, Christopher Pearse Cranch
  Gratitude - Perspectives No. 388
Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889, Vincent van Gogh
  Taking Root in Rocky Soil by Bob Bahr - Perspectives No. 387
Taking Root in Rocky Soil by Bob Bahr
  Hall of Fame - Perspectives No. 386
Detail from Monet Waterlily Panel
  Without Culture - Perspectives No. 385
Taller Buddha of Bamiyan Before and After Destruction (Wikipedia)
  Allons-y! - Perspectives No. 384
A Votre Sante, 30 x 22.5", WC, © John Hulsey
  Grace Notes - Perspectives No. 383
Golden Meadow, 18 x 24", Oil © William Marvin
  The Muse - Perspectives No. 382
Photograph of Emilie Flöge
  Move It! - Perspectives No. 381
John Hulsey plein air painting in a field
 
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