After more than three weeks of travel and painting, I decided to lay low last weekend, but nevertheless couldn’t help setting up my easel to capture this scene. Mike and I went to the annual Glass/Clay Festival in Palo Alto. We’ve gone for 15+ years now, and I frankly feel like I’ve seen it all! … Read more
It’s been a long 8 days, exhausting. I’m happy with the quality of my work this week, not estatic about sales (sold 4), but that is pretty much out of my control. I think the paintings I’m bringing back are great quality and will eventually sell. If you’re interested in these, make me an offer, … Read more
One last painting today, and my art supplies are on their way home. I turned in “Alta Lakes #2” as my personal best for judging. I do think it was my best work, but it was small (8×10), turns out the smallest one there! Judges like larger work, I learned that at San Luis Obispo … Read more
Two paintings completed today, the Quickdraw (see previous post), and this one done in the valley. I had fun with the color in this one. The photograph is terrible, lots of glare, and the line of trees running up from left to right are not that dark…I’ll try to re-photograph tomorrow. So far, looks like … Read more
In today’s Quickdraw event, we had 90 minutes to complete a painting, while standing on the main street in Telluride (Colorado Ave). Yes, there’s some pressure, but it was actually pretty fun. I’ve done enough of these contests now to know what to expect, so I was pretty relaxed, chatting with people as they walked … Read more