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New Gallery: Silver Queen Fine Art Gallery, Park City, Utah
January 22, 2015
I am very pleased to announce my new gallery affiliation with Silver Queen Fine Art Gallery in Park City, Utah, and am very excited to have my work included in their beautiful art gallery . . . just in time for the Sundance Film Festival!\n \n \nI will be showing pieces from my urban series of...
Thank you and Happy Holidays
December 10, 2014
A big thank you to the large crowd at our opening reception last Saturday night for “Croatia through Lopezian Artists’ Eyes” at the Lopez Community Center for the Arts! The exhibit hangs through January 5, 2015 and is a great opportunity to see artwork done entirely on site (en plein air) by...
Croatia through Lopezian Artists' Eyes
December 5, 2014
\n \n \n Harbor In The Evening\n \n \nTonight, Saturday, December 6, is the opening reception of a special exhibit "Croatia through Lopezian Artists' Eyes" at the\n \n Lopez Community Center for the Arts\n \n, from 5-7 p.m.\n \n \nRalph Bladt, Anne Whirledge - Karp and I have all been busy...
Zion 2014
November 14, 2014
\n \n \n \n \nThis painting which I titled “Soft Glow” was done en plein air, just after daybreak on Wednesday, November 5th, along the Virgin River where it dips under the “Court of the Patriarchs” during the Sixth Annual Zion National Park Plein Air Painting Invitational.\n \n \nTwenty...
Zion National Park
October 26, 2014
\n \n \n Quiet Ascent\n \n \nThe original pastel pictured here is titled “Quiet Ascent” and is a larger painting I did for the Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational Exhibit and Competition. I will be painting alongside 23 other artists selected from across the U.S., from November...
Home from Croatia!
October 5, 2014
We have been home from Croatia for a few days now and I'd like to share some images of live demo paintings I did for the Croatia Art Experience Workshop. These are 3 of my 9 demo pieces now finished for framing. They are for sale at our Windswept Fine Art Gallery on Lopez, inquiries welcome.\n \n...
Croatian Fisherman
September 23, 2014
\n \n \n Croatian Fisherman\n \n \nWe are in Croatia, where I am leading a plein air painting experience with 10 students on the island of Korcula, near Dubrovnik. The light around the Adriatic Sea this time of year, gives everything a warm glow and seems to intensify the turquoise waters.\n \n...
18th Annual Lopez Island Labor Day Studio Tour
August 25, 2014
Windswept Studios and Fine Art Gallery Labor Day Weekend Studio Tour Sat, Sun and Mon., August 30-September 1.\n \n \nThis year we are featuring over 100 original framed paintings by Steve, and over 40 “unframed half price” originals from all over the islands, the U.S., and 9 countries in...
Sizzlin' Summer Pastel Workshop in Mt. Vernon, WA
June 29, 2014
\n Upcoming Pastel Workshop July 2014\n \n \n \nTo my blog subscribers and aspiring plein air painters! I am teaching another beginning/intermediate level plein air painting workshop at Dakota in Mt. Vernon, July 12/13 and 19/20 (2 weekends). This workshop still has a few spaces left.\n \n \nIf...
Agora Gallery June 2014 Exhibit
June 2, 2014
\n \n \n Morning Light - Santiam River\n \n \nI am participating in my 5th exhibit at Agora Gallery, Chelsea, NYC from June 10-July 1, with 9 plein air pastel paintings done from locations around the U.S. and Europe. The opening reception for the exhibit is Thursday, June 12, from 6-8 p.m. at...