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24th Annual NPS International Juried Exhibit
November 6, 2010
24th Annual Northwest Pastel Society International Open Juried Exhibit\n \n \nNovember 13- December 21st at the American Art Company, 1126 Broadway, Tacoma, Washington. I had one original piece juried into this annual exhibit, pictured here and titled: “Resting Under Evening Skies”.\n \n \n \n...
Glacier National Park -West side
October 12, 2010
First Snow, Avalanche Creek\n \n \nThese mountains on the west side of Glacier National Park are over 9000 to 10,000 feet – the one directly above me had its first dusting of snow last night. The rivers and creeks run crystal clear, with a slight celadon tint from glacial melt. This particular...
Stanley Creek
October 5, 2010
The Stanley Basin of central Idaho is surrounded by the infamous Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness, the largest primitive wilderness area in the continental United States (@754,000 acres). This waterway flowing through the valley and aptly named “Stanley Creek” made a sinuous journey towards its...
Painting at Smith Rock State Park, Oregon
October 3, 2010
\n \n \n Crooked River flows through Smith Rock State Park\n \n \nA beautiful sunny day gave the distant hillside and cliffs a warm contrast above the Crooked River, wrapped around the base of this state park, near Redmond. I'm always fascinated by surpentine compositions like this, especially...
A New Direction
September 30, 2010
Warm Springs River Canyon in north central Oregon provided a very dramatic cliff and rock formation in late afternoon light. I am at the beginning of a one month plein air painting trip that will encompass many Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana wildernss areas. This piece was done 5 days ago at...
Summer Social and Paint Out July 31st
July 27, 2010
Don't miss the annual Plein Air Washington and the San Juan Preservation Trust Summer Social and Paint out, this Saturday, July 31st\n \n \nI will be participating again this year in both the juried art exhibit and invitational plein air “quick draw” event at the Hoedemaker Farm on Lopez...
Steven R Hill at Agora Gallery, New York
July 20, 2010
Agora Gallery, New York\n \n \nI am participating in an exhibit titled: "A Maze of Milieu" starting July 23, at Agora Gallery, located at 530 West 25th St., Chelsea, New York, NY. Exhibition dates: July 23 – August 13, 2010. Gallery hours; Tuesday-Saturday, 11 am-6 pm.\n \n \nAn opening reception...
17th Annual Carmel Arts Festival
April 27, 2010
I have again been juried into The 17th Annual Carmel Art Festival, which will be held May 13-16, in Carmel, California. All artists paint (rather furiously) for 2 days and turn our best 2 pieces in (framed) for jury on Friday evening. The festival opens to the public at 10 a.m. Saturday and runs...
Painting Workshops, Home and Abroad 2010
April 3, 2010
We have added a new category to my web site, to be able to post upcoming workshops, dates and details. I am offering 3 pastel painting workshops on Lopez Island this year, plus my annual 10 day plein air, multi-media workshop on Korcula Island, Croatia, this October.\n \n View the current classes\n...
Big Thanks for Great Opening Night
March 25, 2010
I want to send a big thank you to friends and patrons who came to the new exhibit “Early Spring” of The Northwest Masters at La Conner Seaside Gallery last Saturday. We had a large turn-out of about 300 people throughout the day. It was great to see folks from the San Juan Islands, Anacortes,...