La Veta Plein Air Event

The LaVeta- Cuchara area in southern Colorado is so beautiful - being there to paint for this plein air event was pure pleasure. Above is the West Spanish Peak; there are 2 and they dominate the landscape. If you look carefully at the top photo, - behind and above the left, foreground bank of trees, up to a green valley nestled in the arms of the mountain and, not quite covered with the shadow of the great stone "vein" - that is where the lower photo was taken. Sue McCullough and I painted from that spot and below she stands by her First Prize piece of that view.











 Here, David Montgomery and Kathy Hill discuss, what else - art, while looking at Sue's painting of the 2 Fox Cabins and Dave's piece sitting above it - which- unfortunately, was not delivered in time for the 2pm competition deadline.
Curt Gillispie won 2 Place with his piece "Painter in the park", Kathy Hill stands with her 3rd Place painting of the Spanish Peak and Aaron Fanning won Honorable Mention for his triptych paintings. Click on any of the photos to view them larger.

Plein Air Workshop in LaVeta, in June

I get asked about workshops a lot: Do I do them? - when, where?
The answers
are - Yes! - Not often, - but always in the landscape.

I have a Plein Air workshop coming up - Monday, June 21 from 10 am to 1 pm, at the Spanish Peaks Arts Council Gallery, or SPACe, in LaVeta, CO.
I will focus on design, and of course, color interpretation in the landscape; all en plein air in beautiful LaVeta, Colorado.
The workshop price is $35. and is part of their Colorado Expressions Celebration. Information will be posted on their website at Spanish Peaks Arts Council and registration will be handled through SPACe.

If you have never been to LaVeta, this is a great chance to paint in one of the most charming towns in Southern Colorado and destination of the Scenic Rio Grande Railroad that runs from Alamosa to LaVeta, through some of Colorado's most beautiful scenery.

The painting above, "Barn Dance" was just in the Nomadas del Arte show that opened April 9th at Southwest Gallery in Dallas, Texas - and I am happy to say that it SOLD.
To see all the plein air pieces juried into the show, click on this link to Nomadas del Arte.