Paint Out in New Brunswick Canada!

Exciting News! I've been invited to paint with the En Plein Air Masters in St. Andrews By the Sea in August. So--what is En Plein Air Masters?

You can learn all about the paint out and who is participating (as in the Master painters) here, but in short the following artists will be participating and helping us all learn as we paint with them:

Kevin MACPHERSON / Oil Painting Landscape
Joe Anna ARNETT / Landscape & Still Life Oil Painting
James ASHER / Watercolor, Landscape / Architecture
John BURTON / Portraits, Figurative / Landscape
Kenn BACKHAUS / Oil Painting, Landscape
Gil DELLINGER / Pastel & Oil Painting
Betty CARR / Watercolor & Oil / Painting
Jeff LEGG / Oil Painting, Still Life, Landscape
John BUDICIN / Oil Painting Landscape
Clayton J. BECK III / Landscape, Portraits/ Figurative
Barry HERNIMAN / Watercolor, Landscape & Seascape

I'm honored to be painting in such company. All, as you can see by the bios and photos on the site, are extremely talented and I look forward to the mentoring they will bestow on me during the paint out.

The painting on the first page of the site, "Diane", was done from a study I did when painting with Kevin Macpherson in Taos. Diane posed for us--tirelessly for a good 4 or 5 hours, hence the name of the painting. She was a good sport and in good spirits we finished up the morning session. The painting was done on the grounds of another nationally known artist, Walt Gonske, home. It was another great honor to meet Walt and he was very patient with all of us. He even painted with us--although I haven't checked to see if his painting of Diane has been added to his site. It was a stunning painting!

Work continues on the Reflections On A Pond exhibit and tickets will be on sale soon
for the Opening weekend in Middletown. There is a lot of activity behind the scenes for future exhibits as well. More on that as things develop.

And with all of this going on, I do find some time to paint. I am currently working on a painting of an adobe oven with three bowls of rising bread dough which are covered in fabric. The fabric is giving me fits--but I think I figured out why and that will be added to the site soon. There's some travel coming up and I'll be taking my plein air setup so I can capture some painting at the beach in North Carolina. Be sure to check the plein air blog for updates--as I'll be heading outside to paint studies as the weather and time permits.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out wassup.

Caio for now!