Spring in the Black Hills has arrived along with my commitment to expand my studio: to the outdoors! We have an old Jeep which has been sitting in the driveway, and I have now officially converted it into a studio on wheels. I will be using it to travel to beautiful areas here in my own backyard, while I explore …
This morning, we woke to fog and drizzle, which gave us the much needed opportunity to roll over and go back to sleep for awhile! Once we got up and going, some of us did go out to paint, and did watercolors of Rimrock Lodge, in Spearfish Canyon. When it got too cold, we drove up the canyon to get …
Our group went two different directions for awhile today, before meeting up in Deadwood for a wonderful meal at The Deadwood Social Club, above the famous Saloon Number 10. Mariethe’ Salort and I painted in Deadwood, SD today. Mariethe was interested in painting an old house, and liked the idea of a row of houses, so I showed her the …
Here we all are: at the Plein Aire painting event, hosted by The Blue Dog Gallery. We had an amazingly beautiful day: the weather was perfect, and the spot we chose to paint was by a babbling brook, with shade trees… it was a very nice time. There were visitors to the event, to watch us paint, and we had …