Painting the Figure In the Landscape
Bonnie Ganglehof contacted me in October because she was writing and article for Southwest Art Magazine's January edition called Painting the Figure in to the Landscape. This being something that I do frequently, she decided to include me in the article. Naturally, and honored by the request, I did it as well and putting a full page advertisement in the edition. The article inspired me to dig up past paintings of the subject and compile a special gallery of that type of work. As many of you know, I do a lot of plein air work and many highly coveted invitational ...
Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational 2011
In the Footsteps of Thomas Moran, Zion National Park's Plein Air Invitational is growing and becoming one of the premier events in the Desert Southwest. Taking place in Zion National Park, the paintability of the area is second to none. The event is very well organized by a team of people working for the Zion National Park Foundation, the Park itself, and the event visionary, Anne Weiler-Brown. The Event raises funds the help the Zion National Park Foundation which has a mission to conserve natural resources and educate people about the park and it's assets. A worthy cause especially after ...
Sedona Plein Air Invitational 2011
This years Sedona Plein Air Invitational was good but not great. I think the Sedona Art Center does a great job with most of their organization, but a couple of tweaks to the show could make it great. The paintability of the area is of course amazing. Oak Creek, the Red Rocks, Dry washes, and Jerome, it all will blow your mind. The sales and attendance are both down for the opening night gala which is not good for a show. I think that this is a result of some shortsighted vision in the powers that be. The following tweak will revive ...
AUTUMN in CO 2011
The colors of Colorado have waned since returning from the Grand Canyon Plein Air on the Rim Invitational. I was able to get out there and get some work done though. The body of work including studio paintings from the last few weeks is posted below and available paintings can be viewed under Paintings in the navigation bar above. [nggallery id=25]
Grand Canyon Plein Air On The Rim 2011
This year at the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art, Plein Air on the Rim was one of rain and challenging plein air painting. Ironically, the day we arrived, a wet cold front moved in and stuck to the Canyon like glue until the allotted one week of painting was over, then it moved on. I've never seen the Grand Canyon in such beautiful light though. With the rain came fog lifting out of the depth shrouding some features while defining others. All of the sudden the sun would find its way through the clouds and illuminate parts of the canyon with diaphanous ...
Willow Lake Backpacking Plein Air Trip
About a week ago my fast friendly framing assisstant, Frank and I rolled on down to Crestone, CO to do what has become a traditional yearly Willow Lake backpacking trip. Its incredible rugged beauty makes for endless compositions anywhere you look. Trouble is, it's about 5 miles in to the lake and ...
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August 26, 2011
Door County Plein Air Invitational 2011
After three vigorous weeks of plein air invitationals here in Colorado, I drove 21.5 hours to the Door County Peninsula of Wisconsin. The Peninsula extends nearly 100 miles in to Lake Michigan and is very scenic. The coastline on both sides has numerous little villages with fishing communities, harbor scenes, ...
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July 29, 2011
Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational 2011
Between Crested Butte and Telluride, CO I can't figure out which I think is the more beautiful, so luckily, I've been invited to both plein air invitationals!! Crested Butte is a quirky, but cool little historic mining town in the Central Colorado Rockies. There is a phenomenal ski area up ...
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July 29, 2011
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