Oh Mama, No Drama

You know what one of the things I like most about painting in plein air events around the country? You, and people like you. I love meeting other artists and people. (not always interchangeable) Visiting with them, painting, just hanging with other like minded people. I think it helps me grow in my art. I…

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The New Golf

I heard this at paint camp this year… the Publisher’s Invitational in the Adirondacks, and then heard it again while painting last week with George Van Hook. We tossed it around, and considered some of its possibilities… “Plein air painting is the new golf”. Okay, I think I heard it during one of Eric’s morning announcements. It’s…

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4995.6 miles

Does it seem like a lot to you? Before I left I could not really wrap my fuzzy little brain around what I was about to do. Maybe you are the type of artist that travels extensively across the country in search of your holy grail. There are a good number of you out there,…

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That One Place, 6

If there were one place you would like to go paint, where would that place be? I would have to think long and hard on that one, but for the artists from the “Hudson River Valley” one of the most widely painted locations was “The Flume” on the Ausable River. No where close to the…

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Finding the Vista (day 5)

The Publishers Invitational is an artists “paint camp”, you just come and paint when ever, and whatever you want in what I’m finding is a very wonderful part of America. But Eric in the grand scheme of things knowing there are many who are not familiar with the area might need some ideas on where…

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