Sorry I haven't blogged (Is that a word?) for so long, but I have been meeting deadlines and traveling so much I have not been keeping up. 

The Plein Air Painters of America had a wonderful week painting together with no show, at Zion National Park.  Some of the works are posted on the P. A. P. A. website (www.p-a-p-a.com).  They will be on display during the October Exhibit at the Haggin Museum in Stockton.  This show will feature our show on the National Parks.  Each member has chosen a park to represent and will have 2 to 3 paintings in the show (two plein air works and one studio piece).  My park is Point Reyes National Seashore. 

We had a terrific time at Zion National Park and the weather was superb.  We did have snow on the last day which was the culmination of the beauty of that park.  What grandeur, and what a breathtaking blessing to see all that beauty.

After that, I returned to the studio for two weeks before heading off to Charleston, South Carolina for Wet Paint, a workshop.  You can go to Coleman Fine Art Gallery to see the work we did.  We worked hard that week. The workshop featured Mary Whyte, watercolors (exquisite!), Albert Handel, pastelist,  Kevin MacPherson, oil paints, and me, acrylics. We all worked at specific places each day.  Kevin had a huge entourage of about forty people following him around, and he is so engaging and such a good teacher that they all seemed to have a great time.  Once in a while somebody looked at the rest of us by accident.  I am exaggerating, but it seemed that the only way I could get any attention was to paint right next to him!!!

Actually it was a very successful week with good sales(for this economy) and lovely work.