As the settling in continued, Fritz not only scouted out new motifs - an easy enough task, with the wide open prairie all around - but also got back to taking commissions for much needed income. Landscapes were certainly his passion, but he was also an excellent portrait artist. Fritz was incredibly skilled at capturing a person's character, and he also didn't mind when people watched him as he painted. Or created. Anyone who has watched him can attest to this fascinating way of creating his works. Paintings were never done from one corner to the next, but came into focus as a whole, for lack of better wording. And he used his whole self and often various tools and media to bring the subject into focus, and finally, into a finished painting. Although, as per quote from his booklet: a painting is never really finished, it only stops at good places.
