Walt Bartman, excellent, indefatigable artist-teacher-mentor and director/founder of the Yellow Barn Studio, is my most recent teacher. I had to wait awhile to build up the courage to face his scrutiny! He’s been great, though. Too bad I waited so long!

Walt has been teaching and painting for more than thirty years. Educated at the University of Maryland and American University, he also studied art in Belgium and the Netherlands through a Fulbright Grant. I like this colorful barn scene by the man aptly termed ‘a breath of plein air’ by the New York Times.

Barnstormer, oil, 24 x 36"

And here’s another by Walt.

Another Dimension, oil, 16x20"

And here’s a nude (from a live model) that I painted during a class of Walt’s.

Nude 2011, oil