Sedona Plein Air Festival

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I'm one of thirty artists participating in the Sedona Plein Air Festival. It's been a long week but I've done some pieces I'm happy with. I volunteered to house an artist for the festival - and have had a great week with my house guest, Larisa Aukon, a classically trained Latvian artist who has been in the U.S. for twelve years.

These are three of the pieces I've done this week. "Four-Eleven", the 8 x 10 with the red door and windows, was done in Jerome. The second, "Indian Gardens" is the historic country store a few miles down-canyon from my house, and the third, 'Yellow Umbrellas', was done on the first day of the festival in uptown Sedona.

It's been fun!

"Moosley"

My grandkids came to my house for a sleep-over a couple of nights ago. I had a good chuckle when I saw how eight-year old granddaughter buckled her beloved 'Moosley' into her suitcase.

"Nap"

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"Nap" is a 9" x 12" oil of a red fox. I'm happy with this painting as I haven't 'noodled' it.
(noodled = spending hours rendering detail when a few well placed brush strokes can say the same thing). This painting will be on exhibit at the Waterfowl Festival in Easton, Maryland.

"Full Tide"

This 8" x 10" oil is available at The Lord Nelson Gallery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
www.lordnelsons.com

"Break the Silence"

Next week, October 19th through the 26th, I will be one of thirty artists painting plein air in the Sedona Plein Air Festival. www.sedonapleinairfestival.com. In addition to the exhibit of the work that we will paint on location in Sedona and surrounding areas, there will also be a Showcase Exhibition of studio work.

This little studio piece, 7" x 7", titled 'Break the Silence' will be on exhibit at the Sedona Arts Center in the 'Showcase' exhibition.

"Fly Away Home"

This 20 x 24 oil is bound for the Waterfowl Festival in Easton, Maryland, November 14, 15 & 16th. It will be one of 35 originals that I will be showing.

I have a few more hours of work before it is finished.

"Flotilla" & "Wilson Mountain"

Now that Art for the Sangres is over, I'm painting for the next two shows. The Sedona Plein Air Festival is mid October, here in Sedona...where I live. In the 'Showcase Gallery', we're allowed to show studio pieces....but the rest of the work will be painted the week of the show and will be strictly painted on location. This Sedona landscape is 10" x 10".

The second piece is a little piece (6" x 6") titled 'Flotilla', earmarked for the Waterfowl Festival in Easton, Maryland in mid-November.

"Cows & Asters"

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I just returned from a one-day show, Art for the Sangres, in Westcliffe, Colorado.
I was not expecting a very good show because of the economy, but went prepared with a variety of sizes, including more little pieces than I would usually take. I sold 14 of 19 pieces in five hours!

WOW! If you are an artist, take heart.....people are still buying art. If you are an art-buyer......thanks. I can only do two things - paint, and evacuate aircraft. I'd like to stick with my current career choice.

I painted this little piece on location in Westcliffe. It sold at Art for the Sangres.

"Winter Falling"

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"Winter Falling" is a 6" square oil, earmarked for Art for the Sangres in Westcliffe, Colorado in a few weeks.

The original idea for the painting included flying crows...but I've decided to do a larger painting that will be titled, 'Crows & Cows' and have the dark crow & cow shapes overlap to make large masses.

"Sense of Place"

Sometimes shows request titles and sizes of paintings before they're painted. Usually I spend days thinking of just the right title for a finished painting - but when I don't have a clue what I'll be painting for a specific show - I send a list of vague titles that could be anything. "Sundown" is a good one - it could be setting sun on a cow or a landscape.

Such is the case with this cat painting, named "Sense of Place" that I've done for Art for the Sangres in Colorado in a week or two.