New Exhibit

Delivered seven pieces to the Firehouse Art Center in Pleasanton CA. They will be on display until October 9, 2012 on the Memorial Wall of the Pleasanton Art League.
I am delighted that the Pleasanton Art League will be holding their Annual Membership Show during this same period. I will also have a painting in this show.
An artists reception will be held on September 15 from 1-3pm. This will offer art lovers a great selection of artwork from around the area.
My paintings are a combination of watercolor and collage as well as watercolor on YUPO in the PAL SHOW.
I find that more and more I use a mixture of media to achieve my goals. A little like the way I cook. Always adding some variety.

A NEW YEAR COMING

It is time to start planning for 2012.
Some things already underway are: January 4th I will do a demo for the Fremont Art Association on Painting Watercolor on YUPO, an exciting , scary and unpredictable surface.
This will be followed on Jan 21 and 22 by a two day workshop .
Then right after that I have enrolled in a 10 week watecolor class with the exciting painter, Mike (M E Bailey). This will be a challenging and exciting class and highly recommended.

A good day

This is the second painting I did on YUPO during my workshop. The question is...Am I finished? Every time I look at it I want to change something. Is the water flowing too fast?
Does it need more yellow/orange on right ? Should I crop it?
So many decisons. The great thing is the paint can be removed easily and repainted. No it will not just fall off the slick surface. I used to dream about selling one of these pieces and then the unsuspecting client wakes up to a blank page. LOL

YUPO class

This weekend I taught a class in painting watercolor on YUPO. This is a synthetic surface(plastic) and is a challenge to work on. i am proud to show you some student pieces from the class.