WILD HORSE VALLEY and Backpack information

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          The weather here in Arizona is cooling off. I threw on my backpack and the dogs  and  I went down to the river bed to do some painting. This  was  the first one.

This is my Kelty Redwing 50 with my Standard Size Plein Air System

That's Lexi telling me to get to work. I seldom use an umbrella, but this is how I use it.

Kelty Redwing 50 with my palette, wet panel carrier, brush holder, and  paper towels in the main section. My plastic trash bags are in one zippered side pocket and my extra thinner is in the other side pocket.

The center compartment holds insect repellent, sunscreen, palette knives, drawing materials and paint tubes.

My brush cleaner container is in the very top compartment.

This is the Kelty Redwing 40 with the MINI Plein Air System ready for longer hikes. I always strap the tripod on one side and  the Panel Holder on the other.

Another set up with my backpack tied to the leg of the tripod in case  of wind.

MANY GLACIER

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     This scene was done on location at Glacier National Park on the Canadian border. While painting it I was aware that there was a Grisly Bear feeding and  slowly making his way down the hill about 200 yards away from me. Needless to say I was eager to complete my painting and get the heck out of there.

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.