Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “plein air painting”
My how time flies when you’re having fun. Right? I remember when I was a kid that time seemed to stand still. It took for ever for my birthday or Christmas to roll around, not to mention summer vacation from school, the 4th of July, Halloween or any other holiday of note. Now a days? The same landmarks on the calendar …
I write this to you from my camp at the KOA in Moab, Utah. I’m here for the Plein Air Moab event this week. Moab is one of my favorite places to paint and I’m joined here by two other Montrose artists, Lewis Williams and Susan Thiel. Painters aren’t the only ones that love Moab. Mountain bikers, hikers, jeepers, all sorts …
I’m back from the hinterlands in Escalante, Utah. My return has made me really appreciate fast internet and electricity, neither of which I understand but thoroughly enjoy the benefits of. It’s become a big part of my life I’m sad to say. To be fair, Escalante isn’t off the grid by any means. They do have electricity and the internet there. It’s …
Escalante, Utah isn’t a real big town. It might push a 1,000 people…maybe counting tourists during the height of the season. I don’t know. There are no signal lights. There’s one grocery story and the selection is limited. Reminded me of up in Northern British Columbia and the Yukon. Escalante is located on scenic Highway 12 in the southern part …
I’m in Escalante, Utah for the Escalante Canyons Art Festival in South East Utah. This is wild, wild red rock country. Absolutely beautiful. I just arrived so have no photos or paintings yet except this one a short stop on the way. Today I get my canvases all stamped and the adventure begins. I …
I don’t about where you live but there’s a change a-comin’ in the weather around here. It’s almost Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer. How can that be when it was only last week I was looking forward to Memorial Day. It’s already a little over a month since we returned from our ride into Northern Minnesota and the …
As you know, I’ve been off on a painting adventure into northern Minnesota and the North Shore of Lake Superior. Last week I reported from Cooperstown, ND where we narrowly escaped a shelf cloud storm. Our travels since then have taken us as planned. It is really flat across most of that country, at least from the Black Hills in …
We’re getting some wild weather in North Dakota on our ride to the Boundary Waters of Minnesota. This is the first time I’ve had sufficient internet to post some photos. Traveling the hinterlands has it’s disadvantages and that’s one of them. The advantages however do outweigh that little inconvenience. It’s been a great ride, as they all are. Our first night …
I was a part of the Maynard Dixon Guest Artist Campout 2016 last week It was held at the Maynard Dixon Residence and Studio and the gallery for the Thunderbird Foundation, all in Mt. Carmel, Utah, the heart of Maynard Dixon Country. What a fantastic time. The hosts, Paul and Susan Bingham are very nice people and were very gracious. …
The sights and sounds of Sant Fe are a little different than what I was expecting. Of course there is a lot of eye candy in Santa Fe. . Lots of art in the galleries and lots of strange people. Great place to people watch. While the sights are an eye full, every afternoon, as now, there has been quite the …