Confusion

Couldn't get access to this for a while but have it straightened out now. watch for new postings of paintings soon.

Painting on the road

Have managed to take my paints out only once on this trip so far, at Redfish Lake early one morning before everyone else was awake. So much for answering my question as to whether or not I could discipline myself enough to make one painting every day for a year! I'll post it later. I consider the fact that I just found my password for this blog (after months of wondering where I'd written it) a sign that I'm ready to begin fresh.

Another painting workshop with Dee Boyles

This was done inside from a study done on location the day before.

Still painting

Just a quick note to let you know I'm still painting, although I'm having trouble getting around to blogging. Here's something I did in my living room last Sunday. It's watercolor, sumi, charcoal, nu-pastel and hours of fun doing it.

On another note, I hung the show at the coffee shop and one painting (roarilng rapids 2) at the Emerald Art Center in Springfield. I also joined EAC and can now show something there each month.

ready to hang

Here's a shot of three of the oils that I just framed. All but two of the oils I've painted in the last few months are framed, although they only have retouch varnish on them because it's too soon to varnish them for real, or so I've been told. With the show in May, that's enough time for them to dry completely and let me put a coat of varnish on them before hanging them. What a process. I've also framed my favorite of my recent watercolors so I'm close to being ready for a show,

donna's garden

Saturday went to the house of a friend of a plein air painter to paint with a small group. The owner of the house was recently in a car accident and is confined to bed so we painted in her garden (and inside when it got too cold) and shared our painting experience and our view of her garden with her.

Coffee shop drawings

A little change in direction. Had forgot how much fun it is to draw people in coffee shops. I'm a little (!) out of practice but here's the first couple return tries. While I was in this coffee shop, I asked if I could hang a show of my other work (maybe the drawings too depending on if I do more) and got the month of May assigned to me.