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Thanksgiving Holiday update

This Thanksgiving holiday weekend is going to be an important one this year. I will be venturing out and painting in Plein Air around Shiprock, NM. I've narrowed my choices to areas that are north and south of Shiprock. Up north near the Colorado and New Mexico border there are some awesome...

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Update on Plein Air adventures'

Here's an update on my "Plein Air" adventures'.  I've been watching the PBS dvd "Plein Air, Painting the American Landscape" and Scott Christensen's dvd "3 Landscape Studies" in the past few weeks.  I've decided to limit my palette as Scott Christensen has in his dvd. He uses...

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Indians in Wine Country

Working on my next show. Looks like it will be a local show in Blanco New Mexico at Wines of the San Juan on October 21 from 6-8pm. Only one night. I been generating ideas for a small poster that I can post around the area. Also working on a press release for local media. I will post the...

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In search of... a french easel

Headed to the local Hobby Lobby to look at their french easels (40% off sale) Woohoo! Hope to get out this fall and do some plein air painting (rez style). I really need to loosen up with my colors and also just get better at painting from life. Too much studio painting and...

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A few days after Indian Market

Indian Market has come and gone in a flash it seems. There were good crowds of people roaming the streets in Santa Fe. Meet a lot of people and shook a lot of hands. I actually had a good show in terms of sales. I also went to the fellowship presentation at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa...

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Twas the night before my departure for Santa Fe Indian Market...

11:26 p.m. just updated my website with some news, got a few things to finish here before I turn in. Things are looking good. Looks like I will not be able to put my full inventory up until next week. I will put up a few that are done tomorrow. Including the piece I will enter into the juried...

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You Tube account created today, videos to follow this fall.

    Videos of painting demonstrations and my artistic adventures will be shared starting this fall.   I've started practicing and experimenting with video but have a ways to go before I have a finished product.  Some will be slideshows while others will be full...

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Weekend painting update

  Here's an update on the pieces I worked on this weekend.  I still have a ways to go on them. Worked saturday and sunday on them, there are a few more that didin't make it in the photo because of their size.  I hope to finish them by next weekend and add them to the...

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67 days until Santa Fe Indian Market!

Holy cow! Its coming fast. I'll be sweating bullets soon trying to finish my work. I gota get things done during the daytime because I can't pull all nighters anymore. Getting too old. Hope the weather is nice again this year : ) Gonna hit the canvas and paints this evening after I...

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