Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas time at the Mission Inn, 2011

Each year my friends of PAAR paint at nighttime to capture the beautiful Christmas lights of the historic Mission Inn at Riverside, CA. It is always fun to paint the lights, in the crisp evening light.

To all my followers of this blog, have a very Merry Christmas, Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year. Hope you continue to follow my art adventures in 2012.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Painting the Grand Canyon, once again




Painting along the rim, with Terry d Chacon and Nita Harper.


"Grand Canyon Morning" 8x10 plein air pastel.
" River vista afternoon" 11x14 Plein air pastel.
"The two watchmen" 9x12 plein air pastel.
"Studio vista" 6x12 plein air pastel.
On Monday the 28th I got up very very early in the morning, (4 am) and started headed to the Grand Canyon with two of my artists friends, Terry d. Chacon and Nita Harper for a wonderful painting adventure . We arrived around noon, and since we could not check in to our hotel, we left our luggage at the hotel, and headed out to paint. This was my second time I had painted at the canyon, and I was excited about the prospect to pain the beauty of this most beautiful of our National Parks. The next day we also painted both morning and afternoon, with perfect weather. The last day or our three day adventure was cold and windy, but we managed to paint two paintings before we left for home. Such a beautiful place to paint, and wonderful artist friends to share the experience with.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Zion National Park
















The week before Thanksgiving I was able to visit Zion National Park, with my older brother who is now living in the area. On a previous post, I wrote about this adventure, so, here are the two paintings I was able to complete on the last day while there.