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Painting with a Southern Style & Events
October 27, 2008
Getting ready to hike UP to our painting spot. Painting in Georgia, Tennessee and Upcoming show events After having an opportunity to teach a 4 day Pastel workshop in a cabin northwest of Atlanta, Georgia, I enjoyed painting some brilliant fall colors . . . as we have now traveled...
Plein Air Painting and rewards
August 4, 2008
Afternoon Field The painting here “Afternoon Field” was awarded a First Place ribbon in the juried competition at the San Juan Preservation Trust and Plein Air Painters of Washington exhibit of artwork last Saturday, August 2. The painting was done en plein air, in pastel, at Swift Bay...
Action, Action, and more Action
July 31, 2008
Plein Air painter Tomorrow, I will be participating in the Plein Air Washington Painters paint-out on San Juan Island, to benefit the San Juan Preservation Trust. Over 30 artists are participating with works to be shown at the Red Mill Farm (Dodie Gann's) in San Juan Valley. We are also doing...
New Gallery - Art on the Boulevard
July 31, 2008
I am now showing my work in the Portland/Vancouver area at “Art on the Boulevard Gallery” in downtown Vancouver. www.artontheboulevard.org . This gallery is managed by Kevin Weaver, formerly the curator/manager at Yoshida's Fine Art Gallery in Portland. It's great to be working with...
Seeing with new eyes
July 16, 2008
July 17, 2008 The end of our 3 month trip to paint in Europe was made perfect by a 3 night stay at a wonderful B&B “I Castagni” (the chestnut trees) only 5 km from Milan's Malpensa Airport, but nestled in the village of Casarati Sempione, a world completely apart from the busy airport...
Casciano Italy
June 23, 2008
Casciano, Tuscany June 19, 2008 Italy Pisa area Storm brewing This piece was from a vantage point overlooking the Tuscan landscape, just 50 km south of Pisa, on a very hot day. Thunder storms in the nearby mountains added a bit of drama with some good winds to move things...
Lucca, Italy
June 23, 2008
Lucca, Italy, June 20 & 21, 2008 What a way to celebrate the beginning of summer, working first from the top of the wall surrounding Lucca, towards one of the 'Torres', then another painting from below and outside the wall surrounding this beautiful Tuscan city. This distinctive wall...
Tuscan Mountain Villa
June 22, 2008
San Giovanni, Italy, June 10 This painting is an old farmhouse where we stayed, part of a twelfth century estate perched high above the valley near San Giovanni, just 40 km east of Lucca. The house has a history that incudes the most recent incursions involving the Fascists when British troops...
Amalfi Coast
June 21, 2008
Salerno, Italy June 4 Italy Steve sweating over a painting After a week at Monopli on Italy's southeast coast, we set-up camp at a waterfront hotel in Salerno on the Mediterranean side (west), just south of the fabled Amalfi coast. Two boat trips to both Positano and Amalfi...
Pulignano A Mare, Italy
June 12, 2008
Pulignano a Mare, Italy, May 26 This medieval coastal town near Bari on Italy's southwest coast had a small cathedral with my own name in Italian, Cathedral St. Stefano. I couldn't resist the urge to paint there, plus the afternoon light reflecting off the Adriatic Sea was turning-up the volume...