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UPCOMING EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS

I AM HONORED TO HAVE MY ART ON THE GARDEN TOUR POSTER

The above was painted outdoors in the hot sunlight in Corrales last August.

In a few weeks I will add the other exhibitions coming up for me.  I will be participating in the 

"The Garden Show" at Sumner Dene Gallery in downtown ABQ.  This promises to be a big event!

Corrales has two plein air events scheduled this year...tell you later!

PAINTING: WINE WITH CHEESE AND GRAPES headed to California Gallery Show

WINE WITH CHEESE AND GRAPES

6" Squared Painting 

I am very honored to have had my small painting

accepted into The Randy Higbee Gallery show in Costa Mesa, CA. 

POTTED GERANIUM

POTTED GERANIUM

6x6 unframed oil on gessobord
Not for Sale YET
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For days I walked by this gorgeous pot of geraniums and knew it had to be painted. I waited until the sun was just where I wanted it to create a most pleasing shadow. The complementary colors of red and green always make for a vibrant, happy painting. I love to paint in the impressionistic style using color to enliven the subject while paint strokes in the background direct the eye.

This painting is not for sale at this time as I plan to enter it into Randy Higbee's Small Painting Show.  I hope it gets hung in his gallery where it will be for sale.

EARLY LAVENDER, FRANCE

EARLY LAVENDER, FRANCE

EARLY LAVENDER, FRANCE
6x6 palette knife painting on gessobord
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Lherm Lavender Field
Lavande de Lherm
in the Lot Region of France produces some of the finest quality of Lavender oil in France
It is a small farm but truly a painter's paradise.
Click on the link above to read about the farm and its owners.

Before lavender is ready for harvest, the color is more magenta than lavender.

VILLAGE FARM, FRANCE

VILLAGE FARM, FRANCE

I have embarked on a fun project of painting from my photos taken while I was in France in June.

I wish I could have stayed there for a month of painting! 

The countryside of France seems so unique

 rolling hills 

small quaint villages

and stone buildings 

 private gardens and ditches for irrigation

I took photos of my painting steps which I thought you might enjoy.

Village Farm, France
12x12 oil on gessobord
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Block in with think transparent colors

Adding some opaque colors to buildings and trees

More development of buildings 

Starting to develop the sky

Progressing in covering much of the block in colors especially the sky

Working on foreground field and bale

Using palette knife to give the effect of straw left in the field
FINISHED