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River City Gallery
River City Gallery is a cooperative site where local artists sell. The have various events, including First Fridays, Downtown Art Around, Sidewalk Saturdays in the summer. I’ve joined. Come and see my display sometime. I’ll be adding a table space for smaller items, including bird carvings. The plan is to switch things around every other Continue reading
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Trempeleau Plein Air
It is summer-like, because we have had our week of Spring. So off to the Trempeleau Reserve. I set up on the Red Pine Dike, with a view of an eagle’s or osprey’s tilted perch Tori joined the fun Here it is done. Maybe. This is Tori’s finished Love the grass! Continue reading
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Experiencing Faith
I’m leading the last of four classes that have church members express their responses to word and worship visually. We have had a pitter, card maker and painted stones. I’ll be suggesting listening for an idea, phrase or image that strikes the participant and then expressing that on a small canvas in acrylic paint. Here Continue reading
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Moon on 16th Street
Walking home on a March evening, the moon was full. The bright moon, casting blue gray light over a bare tree resonated with me. I’m using Daniel Smith’s moonglow, paines’ gray, and quinacridone gold. After several washes I’ve put in the tree. More steps ahead. Continue reading
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Life in the window box
Mourning Doves nested and raised two babies in full view of our kitchen window. We have window boxes with lights and greens from Advent that made a good nesting area Yesterday the young ones left the nest for good. It looks like Mom is scouting for a second nest. By the way Mom and Dad Continue reading
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Darkness
So, it is hard to get a really dark value in watercolor. I’ve decided to stop here before I break it with fiddling around. Testing with colored paper, I think a white mat and black frame is best to highlight lights in darkness. Thanks to Bob Witte for the drawing technique, it was for portraits, Continue reading
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Lights
On a First Friday event in January, I left the River City Gallery and saw this view on 3rd Street. I was struck by the colors of the historic buildings, but more by the moon and star rising over it all. I’m working on a watercolor, using Daniel Smith moonglow for the sky. It’s taking Continue reading
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Cross Road
I’m working on photo references from January at the Trempeleau National Wildlife Reserve. This is from an observation loop. With a bit of photo magic (scissors) I relocated the deer from a more long distance shot. The colors are blues for sky, trees in the distance and snow shadows, along with golden yellows for the Continue reading
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Makeshift Studio
It helps to paint or draw daily, and so I set up my box easel in the dining room by a west facing window. I will be working on some pieces from Trempeleau Reserve for the At ists along the Trail show at Elmaro Vineyard. I’m coordinating the artists this year. We have 21 participating Continue reading
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