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Carmel Paint-out
May 21, 2014
\n \n \n \n \nGood weather and great painting sites made the 21st annual Carmel Art Festival a colorful event. I was pleased to sell two of my paintings during the festival, meet new collectors and work mostly around the water and coastal areas near Carmel and Point Lobos.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n...
21st Annual Carmel Art Festival
May 6, 2014
I have been juried into The 21st Annual Carmel Art Festival, May 15-18 at Carmel-by-the-sea, California. This is one of the premier western U.S. plein air painting competitions with 60 artists coming from all over the U.S. to paint en plein air and compete for cash prize awards.\n \n \nBeyond the...
Special Artists' reception this Friday, March 7
March 4, 2014
A special Artists' reception at Art on the Boulevard, will be this Friday, March 7th from 5-9 p.m. “The Art of Pastel” features my work with 3 other pastel artists. The exhibit runs through March 29th and we hope to see many of you this Friday!\n \n \nThe original reception was cancelled in...
Ice Painting and 2014 Workshop Schedule
February 7, 2014
I just had to break the ice and go outside to paint today. So, I caught some ice (think winter Olympics - it's that cold here!) and headed to my favorite estuary at Port Stanley, about a mile from home. I loved how the ice formed-up during our recent nor'easter, leaving small, tell-tale frozen...
Artists' Opening Reception Tonight Cancelled
February 6, 2014
Tonight's reception for the exhibit “The Art of Pastel” where my work is featured with 3 other pastel artists at “Art on the Boulevard” in Vancouver, Washington, has been cancelled due to severe winter weather.\n \n \nKevin Weaver, gallery director, just emailed the cancellation notice with...
2013 Recap
February 1, 2014
\n \n \n \n \nWhat a year! 2013 presented many new plein air painting opportunities, combined with travel to great locations . . . including the stunning San Juan Islands of Washington State, where I live. It's all in a years' work and I'd like to share a shot of one corner of my studio, with...
Zion Experience
November 10, 2013
\n \n \n \n \nPainting for the past 10 days at Zion National Park amidst the most stunning landscape and ethereal colors I have ever experienced, can best be described as immersion into another world. Even this view, painted at sundown yesterday from our host-provided casita has infinite...
Zion Exhibit opening
November 8, 2013
My painting “Virgin River Guardian” won a top purchase award of $1600 at last night's opening reception for the Zion National Park Plein Air Painting Competition.\n \n \nThe event was attended by several hundred guests who enjoyed seeing the results (@150 paintings from 24 artists) from the...
Painting Zion Day 4
November 6, 2013
\n \n \n Painting a sun moment.\n \n \nI had an early morning start at around 31 degrees to catch a sun moment at "Big Bend" in Zion National park. Day 4 painting and I have never enjoyed painting this much. Everywhere I turn I see another painting. And guess what I'm becoming really good at...
Painting Zion Day 2
November 5, 2013
\n \n \n \n \nMonday turned cold with flat light (i.e. cloudy)so I took to painting water. First a small water fall around big boulders just below the entrance to the Narrows. Second painting a small water fall near the River walk parking lot. It doesn't really matter where you set up there is...