Nocturne Notes

John Lasater

Old Piazza 16 x 20” Oil

In our fascination with how the eye sees and then translates the world around us to our brains, we have found it particularly interesting to study how the eye sees at night. Search for the words “Nocturnes” and “Vision” in the search bar to read many interesting articles about the science of seeing at night and the art of painting at night, or, download our book, Nocturnes - A Primer on Night Painting.

We had the recent opportunity to interview John Lasater and to learn more about his evolution as an artist and the processes and materials he uses within his painting. He wrote to us more specifically about his nocturne palette for our “Noturne Notes”. See the entire interview here: Voices of Experience - John Lasater. And, see more of Laster’s work by visiting his website: Lasater Art.

“My nocturne palette is minimal. I’m usually filling in much of the dark using thinned dark paints like Ultramarine Blue, Red Madder De…