The studio is designed to be a sanctuary where larger, more complex paintings can be completed. The oil sketch from the field is returned indoors, and looks surprisingly good after weeks away. Time weeds out the less enduring image; one's more deeply held beliefs begin to affect how the original idea experienced outdoors will be treated. Inevitably, the more impressive work begins to appear.
Artists' studios are as varied as the artist. Friedrich's studio was as bare as a cloister. Remington's was literally a museum of western memorabilia. Here is a picture of Moran at his studio easel. Note the formal dress...it was not uncommon in the last century for artists to paint in coat and tie. Frederick Church built an opulent studio reflecting his love for Byzantine decorum.
