Pears of Note

Judith Greenwood's "Luscious at Night" in acrylic, Denice Broyles' "Pure Life" in oil, and Jerri Everette's "A Pair and a Pear" also in oil, give an idea of the diversity of the show.

PEARS and FRIENDS Artists' Reception

Snaps from the artist's reception for 'Pears and Friends', presented by the San Luis Valley Painters, Saturday at Milagros.

Congratulations to Dave Roepke who won "Best in Show" and to Richard Luckermeier who won for the 'Best Title'. Big "thank you" to Heidi Algrim and Judith Greenwood for all of their work putting it together. Thank You to the Milagros Coffee House for hosting our little soiree.












Over 30 paintings were entered into the Show. Hopefully, the next post will have shots of those winning paintings.

It was a great Spring day but the painting didn't measure up

So here it is Patrick.
Ordinarily, I would never put a painting up against the documenting photography but it does help me see so much that I did not perceive when standing right there. Fortunately, the pull of the train yard is very strong and many failed paintings later, I still go back there.
Friday, Sue Mc and I painted in front of the Alamosa train station and as near to tracks as we dared. I would have been excited to paint the side of a barn - it was such a perfect day; sunshine, no wind and I painted without gloves. It was only 18 degrees this morning and tho' there was a wee bit of snow from last night, the day was beautiful.
We both took on the little locomotive parked south of the station, just west of State. It was a great subject but there are times when you jump in knowing full well, this painting will kick your butt. Yup!

Pinch Me!

I met with this fun surprise when I rolled into Cheyenne. It would be enough to see my name on the marquee but in the company of such heavy hitters like Don Weller, Dan D'Amico and Will Bullas
- that was a thrill.

On The Town

Cheyenne is full of history and cowboy romance. The area between the bright and newly redone Depot Plaza and the Botanical Gardens boasts the state capitol building and so many beautiful, gracious old homes. Alec Cooke, you will love painting here.
Saturday morning I took in the 2008 Western Spirit Art Show. David Montgomery, a fellow painter from the San Luis Valley had two landscapes in the show and Tom Lockhart, another San Luis Valley painter was one of the 3 jurors for this event.
Don Weller, won Best Watercolor and I was so excited to find that Rebecca Barrett had gotten his work for the Link Gallery. Bravo! Don Weller (I believe a WY native) was a premier designer and illustrator in California when I was a designer in San Francisco. I am HUGE fan!

Springtime in Cheyenne

The Link Gallery is located on the street level of the refurbished, historic Plains Hotel across from the, also historic, and recently refurbished, Train Depot. Depot Plaza will be the site of the "Quick-Draw" competition that wraps up the Inaugural Wyoming Plein Air Event in August. On Capitol Avenue, the gallery is also down the street from the Wyoming state capitol building.

One final note here- to artists; if you are interested in information about the Wyoming Plein Air Event you can download the prospectus at the Link Gallery Website at www. link-gallery.com or click on the my blog link to the gallery.
Big Skies beckon!

Head 'Em Up, Move 'Em Out -Look Out Cheyenne

This cowgirl is heading up to Cheyenne, Wyoming today to party, play, rustle a few dogies and attend the Link Gallery GRAND Opening.
You are all invited to the Party on Saturday, March 29 from 5pm to 9pm.
Meet the artists, view fine art, ceramics, fine art photography, glass, sculpture, jewelery and textiles. All at the Link Gallery,
1609 Capitol Ave. in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
In the top photo - the 3 large vertical paintings, and those below them, are all my work. Thank You, Rebecca, for making me look so good.

Monday Morning at the Dump

Actually it is Alamosa's old power plant which is being take town, bit by bit. As Sue Mc and I painted an excavator tore out big pieces of scrap and the metal guts of the building and heaved them high over head. For some reason tho', I was captivated by the trash barrel; so much personality.

Plein Air SLV goes back to LaVeta

Another plein air field trip to LaVeta and the Miniature Show opening reception at the Spanish Peaks Arts Council Gallery (SPACe).
Actually, we got a little sidetracked, first at the Ricky Tims Quilt Gallery (Ricky Tims, internationally famous quilter, who coined the phrase 'Caveman Quilting'), then at the LaVeta Fine Art Gallery on Main where we met and talked with Bob and Connie Buckner. Bob is a wonderful artist- check out his website at www. robertbuckner.com.
He is also a member of SPACe, so we all met back at the SPACe gallery to see a demo with Vicki Barton a watercolorist from Westminster, Colorado. Everyone gained something from watching Vicki create small gem-like watercolors from nature, with an emphasis on good design, freedom and fun with less stress.

Daily Painter Goes To 7 Mile Plaza

Wednesday Sue Mc and I went out on the 5N road, north of Monte to paint the village of 7Mile PLaza. There is still a lot of snow on the ground but the day was pretty pleasant. I painted with gloves on tho'; that's the true test. A slight breeze put an edge on the sunshine.