Trempeleau Reserve
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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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Plein Air at Trempeleau
We had a great day with 21 artists participating in the event. The rain showed up, so I finished early. Several of us were on the observation area. Here is a comparison of styles with Faye Schoen. I have some work to finalize mine, call it Plein Air Plus. We’ll do it again next year. Continue reading
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Plein Air
This Saturday, June 7, from 7am to the free lunch, over 20 painters will be participating in Artists Along the Trail at the Trempeleau National Wildlife Reserve. Come and enjoy the reserve. Also on every Sunday in June from noon to 4, some of the same artists will be at Elmaro Vineyard during their Market Continue reading
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Elmaro Vineyard Crush Pad
June 1 to 29 there are 13 artists work on display at Elmaro’s gallery space. @ElmaroVineyard Drop by during Elmaro’s hours and especially on Market Sundays in June. Continue reading
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Starting Sunday June 1
Sunday, June 1 will be the first Marketplace Plein Air at Elmaro Vineyard. This will go all June on Sundays from 12-4. The Crush Pad gallery will have works from 13 artists on display. Saturday, June 7 from 7 to noon, Artists Along the Trail will be at the Trempeleau National Wildlife Reserve. 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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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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Elmaro
There is a Plein Air event at Trempeleau National Wildlife Reserve that includes an invitation to paint at Elmaro Vineyard which is nearby. Here is the poster for 2025 Last year it was raining, but we artists persisted either from the shelter of our cars, or by umbrella or canopy. Watercolor in the rain is Continue reading
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Pen or Brush
A fellow artist saw the Belgic Confession quote on my business card and said, “can you change letters to paint brushes?” That is how I think of my art. For example this one from my display at River City Gallery. This is a view from Trempeleau National Wildlife Reserve of the Mississippi River and Minnesota Continue reading
Two Book Reflections 