"My incredible experience watching Mazz paint a Misty River painting"
![Nobody knew what to expect as Mazz started with a blank white masonite board and mixed paints together. (Click on the photo to enlarge it and then click the top right corner to proceed to the next)](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/52721/c38244a9fb2e8aef1d7d0954a71a40832fd9da1b/original/2812922-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Nobody knew what to expect as Mazz started with a blank white masonite board and mixed paints together. (Click on the photo to enlarge it and then click the top right corner to proceed to the next)
![Without any outline or sketch, Mazz very quickly painted in fast frenzied strokes with a hog bristle brush. He combined several different strokes from criss cross to horizontal and other directions.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/52721/c9b06ace3d769b31bac26709d942991f75eb1d68/original/2812923-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Without any outline or sketch, Mazz very quickly painted in fast frenzied strokes with a hog bristle brush. He combined several different strokes from criss cross to horizontal and other directions.
![working closer, he made vertical strokes which we later realized became water reflections. (it's hard to tell what it is until all the pieces fit together - almost at once).](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/52721/3f296b31767037e5c610f97f4875521e3b724077/original/2812926-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
working closer, he made vertical strokes which we later realized became water reflections. (it's hard to tell what it is until all the pieces fit together - almost at once).
![he used a knife in the background, which we later realized were; perfectly exectuted cypress & palm trees](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/52721/2b9755512508f7821448c764669a904cebc8b6e2/original/2812927-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
he used a knife in the background, which we later realized were; perfectly exectuted cypress & palm trees
![he made a quick down stroke and said 'this will be spanish moss' and then painted and said this will be 'thick forested trees to reflect the beauty of Old Florida"](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/52721/9a0334d1f06156671ad25f317194fe63a696695a/original/2812930-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
he made a quick down stroke and said 'this will be spanish moss' and then painted and said this will be 'thick forested trees to reflect the beauty of Old Florida"
![he used a palette knife and said "this will add another dimension to the sky" Nobody knew what he was talking about until it all came together](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/52721/f468991cb6f0aa2eb008ca02f2434a9778e43718/original/2812932-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
he used a palette knife and said "this will add another dimension to the sky" Nobody knew what he was talking about until it all came together
![we noticed that he used every part of the knife - not only the flat surface, but the tip, the edges and the corners. He alternated between them in a certain finesse - all in the same stroke!](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/52721/1d6cc09c2529371d5f0cfbdc035384a6fd84a645/original/2812904-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
we noticed that he used every part of the knife - not only the flat surface, but the tip, the edges and the corners. He alternated between them in a certain finesse - all in the same stroke!