PURPLE DESERT

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     I did this one on location out in the desert south of Phoenix on the way to tucson. It was late in the afternoon and the weather was threatening rain, which created a strange kind of light.

DESERT ROCKS

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     It's cooling off in Arizona, time to get out and do some desert painting. I picked this simple scene because of the contrast. I used a palette knife for the highlights on the rocks.

DREAM LAKE

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     I'll be starting my fall painting class again September 28. It will meet every Saturday morning at 9 am for 6 class periods and end November 2. It's called "From Basic to Plein Air", and it be held at the  Scottsdale Art School.  We will spend a couple days in the studio and  then move outside. The weather should  be  great!

TORTILLA SELLERS

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POINT LOBOS CHINA COVE

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     I found out that I couldn't take the dogs into the Point Lobos park. I had to park outside on the highway and hike back in and take the trails around the entire perimeter with my painting gear (seemed around 100 miles, HA!). I had not brought my smaller easel with me (I put it in the camper immediately when I returned home), so I was carrying my larger easel and back pack.
     I saw some of the most incredible ocean scenes and the trees were out of this world. This was a spot at China Cove in the afternoon.

Fisherman's Wharf Monterey

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     I just returned from the Plein Air EXPO Monterey 2013. I spotted this scene the first day that I arrived at "Cannery Row". I was a little rusty on seascapes, but I think it came out all right.

MAROON BELLS

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     This is a popular scene in Aspen, Colorado. I spent a summer up there taking Tango Lessons from Heather Morrow (Aspen Tango) and painting.