Arizona Pastel Artists Association Spring Juried Show, Sedona Arts Center, May 2013

reception at Sedona Arts Center

Portal

Below are the two paintings that were hung at this show. It was a fabulous show with lots of talent! The weather was beautiful in Sedona for the reception.

Lake Mary Morning

Plein Air Painting at Big Bend National Park

Vacationing in Texas, visiting family, camping at Big Bend National Park. I was able to get in a couple of painting sessions.

Arizona Plein Air Painters 5th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition

March 14-26th 2013, Sedona Arts Center
I had two paintings accepted into the show. CHAPEL DE GRAZIA, and MORNING REFLECTION.
Unfortunately I was on vacation in Texas during the show and  had to miss the reception.

CHAPEL DE GRAZIA

MORNING REFLECTION

Plein Air painting in Nogales Mexico with Roberta Rogers

Today Roberta and I painted on the street in Nogales Mexico, we had a wonderful vantage point overlooking the church on a Sunday morning. It was very lively with lots of families, street venders, and music. We even had the tourist police come and welcome us.

Workshop with Kim Lordier

Kim Lordier

Workshop in Phoenix at Arizona Artists Guild with Kim Lordier, a very talented plein air pastel artist from California. I really enjoyed it and feel "newly" inspired, great practice in creating a notan thumbnail and painting in different value ranges.

The process

Sabino Canyon

Painting at Sabino Canyon, Tucson with Kathy Willis (artist from Flagstaff) and Susi Havens-Bezaire (traveling artist from Dublin, Ohio).

myself and Kathy

Susi Havens-Bezaire

Kathy Willis

Happy New Year!

It's been very cold here in Flagstaff this past month so there hasn't been much outdoor painting. I've been working on applications to shows and artists in residencies at National Parks, cutting paper for painting, studio painting, organizing and cleaning up the studio.

I am the featured member profile on the Arizona Pastel Painters Association website.

http://www.azpaa.com/newsletters/jan2013_news.pdf

Tanner Wayne Oberhardt

And most importantly, I've been able to spend a lot of time with this guy........