Plein Air
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Up close
The vine was the focus here. It is easy to get lost in details. It’s also easy to get lost in all the greens. As any painter what they think about greens in the landscape. I prefer to mix mine. Here is the result. I hope to try this in harvest season with mature grapes… Continue reading
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Elmaro June 20
Sunday was pleasant but mostly overcast. I wanted a view of Brady’s Bluff and Mt. Trempealeau from the vineyard. It was as a passerby heckled, “Are you sure you have enough green?” He was joking, I think. The sky only vaguely suggested blue with small cumulus clouds. In the end it needed some ink and… Continue reading
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Market Day
Sunday, June 7 at Elmaro Vineyard. I did this little ink and wash in the shade of a tree. The market and artists are here every Sunday in June. The Crush Pad gallery is open also Continue reading
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Artists Along the Trail
It was foggy after an overnight thunderstorm. But within a short time the sun was out. So the challenge changes from fog and slowly drying paint to the opposite. I decided to turn the other way and paint Trempealeau Mountain. By then the water plants were blooming We had 19 artists at the Refuge and… Continue reading
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Crush Pad 2026
12 artists who are participating in Artists Along the Trail will be displaying works this month, June 5 to 28 at Elmaro Vineyard. The Plein Air event is Saturday, June 6 starting at 7am at Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge. Continue reading
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Artists Along the Trail 2026 Watch for updates. Continue reading
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Not so Quick Paint
Saturday we had a quick paint event as part of the Between the Bluffs Plein Air event I chose a black locust tree, because of its bark, with a Virginia Creeper vine that was turning red. I was using acrylic on a wood panel. It fit into an architectural frame I’d found at the ReStore… Continue reading
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Between the Bluffs
I’ve decided and framed these three This is from Brice Prairie, looking East up the Black River. Watercolor. This is from Riverside Park La Crosse, looking West. The mist and sky color faded quickly, but I caught it. Watercolor. This is a crabapple at Myrick Park near the Nature Place. Watercolor and Guache. Come and… Continue reading
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Waiting for Amtrak
I was struck by the leading lines in this photo. So I tried it. I hadn’t noticed a distant bluff line. While painting a freight train kept going forward and backward. I needed to add ink lines to clarify the image Come and see if it makes the cut. Continue reading
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Moon in the Morning
Tuesday morning at Waterfront Park in Lacrosse. The color faded quickly and the mist was thinning. Paint quick! Come to the show next weekend. Continue reading
Two Book Reflections 