Posted in daily painter, Landscape, Serendipity, Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Art Camp, Nimrod, Nimrod Hall on June 18, 2016| 2 Comments »
I’m back at Nimrod for a weekend of art. This place is magical in that there are so many beautiful sights to paint plus the minute you drive through the gate your troubles and worries melt away. Everyone is here to learn and create. The atmosphere is terrific. Today we’ll be working with Fielding Archer. Can’t wait to try something new. Enjoy these scenes from around Nimrod and I’ll share more tomorrow….
Posted in Art Class, Landscape, Plein Air, tagged barn, Plein Air on June 16, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Our Art Retreat to Whippoorwill Farm has ended and was a great success. Ten of us went to practice our plein air skills. Some were painting outdoors for the first time…and they did great. Take a look at Lauren with her first plein air painting. She did a fabulous job. She completed about 90 percent of it on location and then finished it up at class last night. Beautiful work Lauren. So glad you were able to go and experience plein air painting.
Posted in Flowers, Landscape, Serendipity, tagged Gauguin, Paul Gauguin on June 7, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Today we celebrate the birthday of Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) considered one of the most well-known Post-Impressionist painters. His bold, colorful and design oriented paintings significantly influenced Modern art.
Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged Four Seasons, Summer Tree, tree on June 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »
We completed the final tree in our Four Seasons series – the Summer Tree. Nice work everyone. I know they will look great hanging together!
Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged Nimrod, Tree Swing on May 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »
This tree swing looked so inviting. I took this photo at Nimrod last year when I attended an art workshop there. Here you can see the painting along with the reference photo.
Posted in daily painter, Landscape, Paint Party, tagged Four Seasons, Summer Tree on May 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The final tree in our Four Seasons series is the Summer Tree. We will be painting it at the Paint Party on Saturday, June 4th at 2 pm. Join us for this beautiful painting.
You don’t have to paint all four….this would be a lovely work without any of the others. But if you have been painting the series and have missed a tree we will be having a make-up session soon. Click here to register.
Posted in daily painter, Landscape, Serendipity, Travel, tagged Assateague, Chincoteague, flamingos, lighthouse, Water Birds on May 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I do love to go places where there are lots of things to see and do and especially when there are great scenes for photos that may serve as reference photos for paintings. Yesterday I spent at day at Chincoteague and Assateague Islands taking LOTS of photos. There was a really neat “Artful Flea” event where many local artist sold their wares at the Farmer’s Market. I saw many nice pieces of art and crafts. My favorite was the decorated Flamingos that were for sale to benefit a local scholarship fund. Really cute and fun. Then off to the lighthouse for photos and a drive around Assateague to take wildlife photos.
Posted in Abstract, Art Class, daily painter, Landscape, tagged Abstract, palette knife on April 25, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Last Wednesday the kids tried their hand at palette knife painting. It was fun and they all did a great job. It’s exciting to experiment with something new and different. I decided to complete the demo painting I did with the kids so that we can offer an adult version of the palette knife class. A paint party coming soon….
Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged barn, silo on April 14, 2016| 1 Comment »
The Silo Barn is what we painted yesterday at the Kids Class and what we will be painting at the 1st Saturday Paint Party in May. Click here to register for the May 7th Paint Party.
Posted in Art Class, Landscape, tagged Beach scenes on April 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The best part of teaching weekly art classes is that I get to see people get excited about painting and watch their improvement. Deb just started painting with me last year and look at what a fabulous job she is doing. Great work! Keep it up, Deb.
The Studio 