ABOUT MEL.D. Herman -Painting & DesignAfter spending a professional career as an architectural and construction draftsman, I turned to drawing and painting. I paint outside (en plain air) and do studio work as well. The partial view on my home page is a studio work of flying wing aircraft now resident at the Combat Air Museum in Topeka, KS. In the galleries you will see mostly landscapes done in acrylics. In my blog I will be discussing the details of my work and thinking related to my most current projects.
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PORTFOLIORecent ProjectsThe examples to the right are both studio and plein air work in conventional painting techniques in acrylics and in a style taught me by Jim Ryon who freed me from “painting like a draftsman” by using brayers and pallet knives. The center piece is a plein air piece from Brush Creek, to its right is a pallet knife work of the Boulder CO Flatirons, at bottom is a view of the plaza done en plein air, to the left is the Cabin at Hodge Park and above are Colorado views done with brayers and pallet knives.
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Can’t Wait to Paint What’s Next
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Light at Cape May, New Jersey stands at the southern tip of the state where the Delaware River empties into the Atlantic. Cape May is a quaint city with fishing boats , myriad bed-and-breakfast homes and a wildlife sanctuary. I ventured to the beach to the West of the wildlife sanctuary to catch the sunrise looking out toward the Delaware shore just out of sight over the horizon and a flock of birds took off across the water in what seemed a perfect view.
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