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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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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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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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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Between the Bluffs 2025
It’s started I was out on SR 35 at the Black River Saturday, October 4 It has been this Fall, so the leaves have just started to turn. I’m using my light set up. Camera tripod with paper stretched in a board. It was 85 degrees by early afternoon. But #1 is done. Continue reading
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Many shades of green
My daughter and I went to paint at Myrick Park in La Crosse. At this time of year the marsh has abundant algae and the bluffs are very green. The challenge is to have grades and distinctions in the greens. In the past there have been some sad stories about green from the tube. I… Continue reading
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Paint Around
River City Gallery holds a Downtown Paint Around every July. The rule is Plein Air within 1 mile of the gallery. I chose a house of friends on Cass and 10th. It was a gray day, but pleasant. I am aiming for a free-ish expression, but trying to depict the architecture. There are so many… Continue reading
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Camping with sketchbook
We are at Perrot State Park camping for a few days. In the morning we headed to a shady bench for my watercolor and Jer’s stitching kit. Mount Trempeleau is short for the name given by French explorers, ” The Mountain with its foot in the water.”. Before the French and since it is a… Continue reading
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Young vine
Updated. I started this Plein Air at Elmaro, but tossed it aside. I took it home and restarted it with a photo reference. Vines have lots of details to get lost in, for example leaf veins and vine tendrils. The cloud probably looks like Mt. Rainier from my home state. Acrylic paint on a gessoed… Continue reading
Two Book Reflections 