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All’s well that ends well. Isn’t that what they say? I left you good folks last week in Pinedale, WY while I was waiting for my car to get fixed so I could get on the road. UPS had delivered and I was on my way home with-in a little over an hour. BOOM! I did stop at the Mountain …
The Maynard Dixon Artist Campout has just concluded. I’m sitting back in camp with an adult beverage, thinking about what a wonderful experience this has been. This is not a plein air competition but rather a gathering of artists for 5 days culminating with an artist’s reception in the main gallery on Friday evening and today with what was called a wet …
You know, it can’t be all work and no play. Take this past Memorial Day weekend for instance. True, I stretched it into 4 1/2 days but things are really slow for us in the gallery over holiday weekends like this one so I opted to slip out of town a little early. Thursday afternoon to be exact. Pulled our …
My how time flies when you’re having fun. I know. That’s a lame excuse for not having kept in better touch. I apologize. The problem is…and I’m sure some of you can relate, is that as more time passes without being in touch with someone, the harder it is to make your self sit down and just do it. OK. …
Things are moving right along here in the Mike Simpson art world. I’ve been pretty busy and can’t believe it’s the first of March already. Next thing you know it’ll be the 4th of July. Of course you couldn’t tell by the weather yesterday. Snow. But that’s Colorado for you. I thought it’d be a good day in the studio to …
We have lots to catch up on. I last left you good folks with a rather large, 72×84 empty canvas on the easel. Since then I’ve been working on it. As I mentioned before, this is the largest easel painting I’ve done and it has been a blast so far. I really like working large. Here you can see me …
I’ve been making do with studio work lately. I’d really like to get out and paint but the weather has been a bit uncooperative…too cold, too much snow, too rainy…you know. Any old excuse to stay inside. Fortunately I’ve got a lot of studio work to keep me busy. There is always admin stuff to do; photographing paintings, entering them …
I trust that Santa found your house and you didn’t get any coal in your stocking. Now that Christmas is over, I’m all for moving right along into Spring. I don’t know about you but I’m looking forward to 2017 and am welcoming it with open arms. Ever since I had my little flurry of TIA’s 3 years ago, I’ve …
You know, I get out and about a fair amount and I really like going but I have found that the best part about being gone is the coming home again. There’s nothing like the comfort and familiarity of home. There’s a fellow artist, from Kansas City I believe, who with his wife sold their house, bought an Airstream trailer and …
Attended the first day of the #PACE16 convention and it was good. Worth the price of admission if I left tomorrow. I got a little watercolor done out behind the hotel where #PACE16, Plein Air Convention 2016, is being held while I was waiting for a couple of programs I wanted to attend. The wind has picked up today, a …