Radical Impressionist: A Mathematician Paints

Notes Under Construction Recently I became aware of an interest in the study of turbulence in paintings. Googling turbulence in paintings leads to several sites with artists from Leonardi da Vinci to Van Gogh and Jackson Pollack. For example*, "a mathematical analysis of the works of Van Gogh reveals that the stormy patterns in many of his paintings are uncannily like real turbulence, as seen in swirling water or the air from a jet engine".  Some Links of Interest   Painting with Turbulence:  https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/04/01/396637276/van-goghs-turbulent-mind-captured-turbulence https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3292&context=all_theses - a master's thesis, very technical involving simulations. But it includes information about the history of the term, turbulence, in art beginning with Leonardi da Vinci: "More than five hundred years ago, Renaissance artist and engineer Leonardo da Vinci identified turbulence as a distinct n...

Award presented at the opening show for the 2016 Plein Air Artists of Colorado Annual Show at the Mary Williams Gallery in Boulder, Colorado. Santa Fe River Turbulence , 10x16, oil ( Santa Fe River Turbulence  now hangs in my son's home, chosen by the family as their favorite of my paintings at that time.)  The history of this painting began during a Mentoring Program by Albert Handell in June 2015. I pointed out that the Santa Fe River was running, and so we painted there twice during the week.  The location is on Alameda on the southeast side of the river a block from Delgado Street. What a great location when the water is flowing. I enjoyed sitting and standing, painting and listening to the water babble as it flowed over the rocks, watching the neighborhood children and dogs frolicking in the waves.  My first two "en plein air" studies were during this program.: "Santa Fe River Flows I", oil, 6x12" (sold) "Santa Fe River Flows II",...