Saturday, October 21st Manitou Springs hosted the
Manitou Paints Plein air Event
- special because it was open only to artists represented in Manitou Galleries.
I am represented by the
TracyMiller Gallery, at 16 Ruxton Ave., in Manitou and besides myself
some of the other artists on the street on Saturday were Tim Deibler, Buffalo Kaplinski, Terri Sanchez, to name a few.
From 10 am to 3 pm we met shoppers, children of all ages and so many wonderful Manitou Residents - excited to enjoy the festivities.
Many of the artists painted from the view but several, myself included painted from a sketch. See below.
At the end of a beautiful and blustery day the artists were wined and dined as guests of the historic Avenue Hotel Bed and Breakfast.
Thanks to the merchants and galleries who planned, promoted, sponsored and supported this great event.
See more of my work at the
Tracy Miller Gallery - located at 16 Ruxton near the base of the Pikes Peak Cograil and only
about 15 minutes from downtown Colorado Springs.
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On the left is my under painting and on the right is the finished piece, 16"x 16", in oil on
stretched canvas. It was a very fun piece to create, taken from a sketch
I did in the Conejos aspens.
In my painting classes we have been
experimenting with "broken color". I got the idea for this during a
class demo and was very happy with the result.
