The Studio Journal

A site for rumblings and ruminations about traditional oil painting, art, aesthetics, and the wider world of art. And for posting examples of my current and past work too. If you have an interest purchasing a work, or want to commission a portrait, or if you just want to talk about art, drop me an email at ghoff1946@gmail.com. All writing and original art on this site is copyright Gary L. Hoff, all rights reserved. All other images are copyright their respective owners.

Friday, June 05, 2026

Goldsworthy Group

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Andy Goldsworthy has a piece in the garden surrounding the Des Moines Art Center entitled Three Cairns . Materials used in Goldsworthy'...
Tuesday, June 02, 2026

Sculpture Park Panorama

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"Sculpture Park View," wc/ink on paper, 5x16 Last week I stopped at the Pappajohn Sculpture Park downtown and spent a couple of ho...
Friday, May 29, 2026

Grays Lake Sketch

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"Grays Lake," wc/ink on paper, 5x10 As a personal exercise in keeping sketches loose and not overwork them, I did the sketch above...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

In the Garden

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"Lantern," oil on canvas, 20x16 Sometimes a limited perspective is useful. This painting focuses on a metal reproduction of an Asi...
Friday, May 22, 2026

Anthony's Garden Redux

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Our Saturday sketch group revisited a favorite spot last weekend--a private garden that welcomed us warmly a couple of weeks ago . The day w...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Demo Garden

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For the past several years, the gardens downtown that are part of Better Homes and Gardens magazine have been an occasional sketching subje...
Friday, May 15, 2026

Plein Air Sketch

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This week one of our sketch group members kindly hosted us at her (and her husband's) farm a few dozen miles from Des Moines. Their farm...
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