Robert A. DyeOf Cormorants and EaglesThe cormorants are flocking up again as they do in late summer. They fly low, skimming over the waves, following their leaders across the…6d ago6d ago
Robert A. DyeDharmakirti and ClarityDharmakirti, an Indian Buddhist philosopher of the fifth century CE, said that the nature of the mind is clear light. Perhaps he was a…Aug 14Aug 14
Robert A. DyeEditing Is Brutal, Eulogy for a Landscape PaintingThis morning, I destroyed a favorite old painting. It was not a quick decision, I have been thinking about it for some time.Aug 5Aug 5
Robert A. DyeBrother, Can You Spare a Nanosecond? On the Appreciation of Art, and a Plea About Junk FoodThe making and distribution of visual art has been profoundly affected by the information technology revolution. Some things have gotten…Aug 2Aug 2
Robert A. DyeMy Plein Air Oil PaintingsMy plein air watercolors and my plein air oil paintings are intimately connected, and they are different.Aug 1Aug 1
Robert A. DyeMy Plein Air WatercolorsFor as long as I have been painting, I have loved sitting outside in nature to do it.Aug 1Aug 1
Robert A. DyeHorseshoe CrabsBroadkill Beach was littered with dead and dying horseshoe crabs. Doomed by their own architecture, they plow into the sand and get stuck…Jul 31Jul 31
Robert A. DyeSpatterdock PondSpatterdock Pond is separated from Delaware Bay by a thin strip of sand called Primehook Beach. I sat facing northwest near the southeast…Jul 7Jul 7
Robert A. DyeFleetwood PondFleetwood Pond sits at the back of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware off the western edge of Delaware Bay. The area is new to…Jul 5Jul 5
Robert A. DyeLightI made a bad little plein air painting. Stiff, awkward, plodding, graceless. The painting was hobbled as much as my mind was hobbled by…Jul 4Jul 4