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Kolob Canyon Kaleidoscope
October 16, 2017
\n \n \n Kolob Canyon Kaleidoscope\n \n \n"Kolob Canyon Kaleidoscope" pictured here was painted en Plein air this week and will be one of over a dozen new southwest Utah Canyon land paintings featured at my show opening and reception Saturday, October 21 at Worthington Gallery, 789 Zion...
Preview Week Sale
August 27, 2017
\n \n \n November Sunrise, Flower Island\n \n \nThis painting, "November Sunrise, Flower Island", just went home with Leslie, from Dana Point, California, the first original sold in our annual "Preview Week Sale" at Windswept Fine Art Gallery. Come see over 200 originals from 11 European...
Summer when it Sizzles!
July 27, 2017
\n \n \n Pelindaba Path I\n \n \nTwo of my plein air paintings done at Pelindaba Lavender Farm this week, in full sun and full bloom...summer is definitely here! It’s good practice for painting around the Columbia River Gorge next week where it’s just as sunny and even hotter.\n \n \nI am...
Little Gems - show opening next Friday in Anacortes
May 30, 2017
\n \n \n Afternoon Delight\n \n \nI was so pleased to receive this ad, featuring my original pastel, from Melanie Thompson, who is an incredible plein air painter, (from Kennewick, Washington) for the Plein Air Painters of Washington "Little Gems" show opening this Friday, June 2nd in...
Solo Exhibit
January 30, 2017
\n \n \n Obispo Street Corner II\n \n \nPlease come to the opening reception of my solo exhibit of my latest works from around the world, Friday, February 3, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at The Gathering Place, in the Lopez Island Hamlet. I will have 40 plein air paintings done over the past year from...
Come paint, sketch and tour the Italian Countryside with me
January 4, 2017
\n \n \n \n \nCome paint, sketch and tour the Italian Countryside with me (May 19-26) and Winslow Art Centers acclaimed "Arte Umbria" plein air painting adventures, near Orvietto, Italy. This is a limited enrollment workshop (14 maximum) that already has sign-ups for an unforgettable cultural...
2016 Oldfield show wrap-up
October 24, 2016
\n \n \n Summer Drama, Tuscany\n \n \nThese are two of my old favorite plein air paintings that sold at the live auction in "The Oldfield Show", last weekend at the Expo Hall of the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup, Washington, October 7-9. One was done in Tuscany (that storm almost got...
Indian Writings
October 2, 2016
\n \n \n Indian Writings\n \n \n"Indian writings" from a sign posted near Moab, Utah (where the 2016 annual Plein air event starts tomorrow), pretty well sums up art history in America for a few thousand years. As Picasso remarked after a tour of some European cave paintings, "we have learned...
2016 Painting Workshops
September 20, 2016
\n \n \n Fisherman Bay Peninsula Overlook\n \n \nTeaching workshops in pastel painting techniques is very rewarding and keeps me involved exploring new techniques within this colorful and expressive medium. This is my seventh year teaching pastel workshops at Dakota Art Center, where I do two...
Post studio Tour 2016 Recap
September 9, 2016
\n \n \n Fire in the Water\n \n \nA great big thank you to the hundreds of people who came through our little home gallery on Lopez Island, (Windswept Fine Art Gallery) this Labor Day Weekend for the 20th Annual Lopez Island Artists’ Studio Tour.\n \n \nWe had a record in art sales for this...