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Come paint, sketch and tour the Italian Countryside with me
January 4, 2017
Come 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 art adventure,...
2016 Oldfield show wrap-up
October 24, 2016
Summer Drama, Tuscany These 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 me!) and the...
Indian Writings
October 2, 2016
Indian Writings "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 nothing" ...
2016 Painting Workshops
September 20, 2016
Fisherman Bay Peninsula Overlook Teaching 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 per year. An...
Post studio Tour 2016 Recap
September 9, 2016
Fire in the Water A 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. We had a record in art sales for this year’s tour,...
Strokes of Genius 9
September 2, 2016
Rain, Sun, Rain Havana Exciting News just came over the wire and to celebrate the Lopez Artists’ Studio Tour this weekend! I was just notified by North light Books that all 3 of my entries this year were selected for “Strokes of Genius 9, Creative Discoveries” international contest...
Lopez Island Studio Tour - Preview Week!
August 19, 2016
Havana Traffic Jam The 20th Annual 2016 Annual Lopez Island Studio Tour - Preview Week New this year, preview week! View my newest works done this past year from Cuba, Belgium, Holland, the San Juan Islands and all over the U.S.! Canal and Windmill I'm...
Perfectly Pastel
July 1, 2016
Cojimar Village In The Morning I will have 5 new paintings in an exhibit titled "Perfectly Pastel" at the Cynthia McBride Gallery at 215 Main St., Annapolis, MD. Two are pictured here - one from Cuba and one from Carmel, California. Hope any of you visiting Annapolis can see the show! This...
Paint Cuba Memorial Day Opening 2016
May 23, 2016
Announcing “Paint Cuba” special gallery opening Memorial Day Weekend! Cojimar Marina We are hosting our First Annual Memorial Day Weekend Gallery opening at Windswept Fine Art Gallery, showcasing my paintings from our recent and historic painting trip to Cuba last February,...
Gallery reception for Cuba Paintings
May 5, 2016
Obispo Street Corner II I have 3 paintings form our recent “Paint Cuba” trip with Plein Air Magazine publisher, B. Eric Rhoads in this exhibit at Art on the Waterfront Gallery in Apalachicola, FL, including “Obispo Street Corner II” pictured here. Hope any of you can make the reception...