Trip to Santa Fe and Ghost Ranch

Recently traveled to Santa Fe and toured the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and her home and studio in Abiqui. Really inspiring, so here are two of my paintings, painted from photos that I took on the trip. The poplar trees were brilliant, and the bluffs of Ghost Ranch stunning.

Park Hill Art Club Fall Show and Sale

You're invited to the Park Hill Art Club Show and Sale, Friday, Nov. 5, 4:30-8, Sat. Nov. 6, 10-6, and Sunday Nov. 7, 9:30-4. I'm not in the show this year, but there will be over 1,000 original pieces of art for sale at great prices. Park Hill United Methodist Church, 5209 Montview Blvd. , Denver, CO.

Color Field Painting

Studying color fields. Reproductions of paintings by Jules Olitski's Tin Lizzie Green, and Mark Rothko's #34, that I did by glazing, using layers of oil paint mixed with Res-n-gel and mineral spirits. American painter Helen Frankenthaler is credited with pioneering this new technique, in which color gained primacy and became both composition and subject matter. I am learning this technique from Carlene Frances http://www.carlenefrances.com/

Sketches

Heading to Lake Powell for some boating, so wanted to practice sketching. Since I have been doing oils, and there's not much room for my oil paints and easel, needed to work with my watercolors. These are done from photos; watercolor and sepia pen on 5X7 Bristol paper.

Painting from Pine, CO

Finally got out to do some plein air painting at Pine, CO, on the North Fork of the South Platte River.

Oil on panel, 11 X 14.

Plein Air Painting June 10

Painted at Diane's house. Small white shed. 9X12, oil on canvas panel.

Front Range Birding Company Open House/Art Sale

Mark your calendars, May 1, 10:00 to 5:00 p.m. I will be at the Front Range Birding Company Open House and Charity Drive. I will have a booth selling my bird art at reduced prices. Deb Jenkins will also be in the booth selling her art and sculptures. A percentage of the sales will go to the Front Range Birding Company and the Jason Dahl Charity and Greater Littleton Youth Initiative. Last year over 1,000 people were in attendance. For directions and more information their website is: http://www.frontrangebirding.com/ click on "About", then "Birding Festival". Also see http://www.yourhub.com/ change location to Littleton edition, click "Events", click May 1 calendar, then click "Jason Dahl Scholarship Fund Raiser. The Front Range Birding Company is in the shopping center on the NE corner of C-470 and Kipling, 9956 W. Remington Place, Suite A-7.

Hope to see you there!