Beavercreek Wetlands

It was a beautiful day to enjoy the fall colors.

I had the fun of painting at Beavercreek Wetlands with a group of fine artists, there must have been 25 of us. Then we went to the Kingstad Gallery for a reception and Kitty Wallis gave an impromptu critique of many of the paintings.

It was a great day!

Beavercreek Wetlands, 8 X 10, pastel on Belgian Mist Wallis

An Invitation

Back and Blogging

Whew! It's good to have my laptop back! A new keyboard and nothing lost so I'm a happy blogger again!

Ribbons were awarded at the Kingstad Artists Reception last week. Be sure to click on the link to look at the beautiful artwork that won ribbons. I hope that you'll get to see it all in person. I did not win a ribbon. I am not discouraged by that, though. I think that if I just keep on working at my development, I'll get some place. And it's possible that I won't ever win a ribbon. But, each year I am more pleased with my artwork. And that feels pretty good.

Charcoal Sketch

It's been a while since I've done figures in charcoal, but I liked this one. My young friend, bass player, model.

In fact, she modeled for one of my paintings at the Kingstad Gallery. I can only hope that she will be in my life for the long haul. She's a remarkable young woman and it's a pleasure to know her.

Happy birthday, Katie.

Show Time!!

More than 100 paintings are hanging at the Kingstad Gallery (mine included!) waiting for you to come and see them.

I hope that you will be able to attend the artist's reception on September 30, but the show will hang until December 5, so there's plenty of time to come.

You won't want to miss seeing stunning work by Kitty Wallis, Celeste Bergin, Mitch Baird, Cathleen Rehfield, Eric Bowman, Eric Jacobsen, and George Broderick. And that's on top of the amazing work by others in our group.

Click on the words "Kingstad Gallery" above for a sneak preview and directions to the gallery.

Hope you can come!

Intake at the Kingstad Gallery

It was an exciting day! I packed up 10 paintings and drove them down to Beaverton where they were considered for the show "Expressions of Nature / Expressions of Self" at the Kingstad Gallery. Jurors for this show are Lora Fisher and George Broderick.

Some paintings were not accepted in the show, but many were accepted. I got a sneak peek at many of the paintings that were entered and WOW, it will be a great show.

The show will open September 10 with the opening reception September 30, 6 -- 9 pm.