Yesterday I spent a wonderful afternoon at the South Park Blocks near Portland Art Museum to visit friends, see art in progress, and paint plein air. The event was sponsored by the Portland Art Museum Rental Gallery and featured exhibits of several of their represented artists. I've been to the museum several times lately to see the excellent California Impressionist and Ellsworth Kelly exhibits. The park outside was filled with colorful, fragrant roses, sculpture, and people enjoying the summer sun. I painted one of the artists painting there.
Last Wednesday was a wonderful day for painting out at Sauvie Island on the Columbia slough, near freshly planted fields. With me were fellow plein air artists Vicki Zimmerman, Anton Pavlenko, Dave McBride, Michael Orwick, and Don Bishop. Herons joined us! I worked small, and quickly, as the light changed and acrylic paints dried.
Yesterday I spent a wonderful afternoon at the South Park Blocks near Portland Art Museum to visit friends, see art in progress, and paint plein air. The event was sponsored by the Portland Art Museum Rental Gallery and featured exhibits of several of their represented artists. I've been to the museum several times lately to see the excellent California Impressionist and Ellsworth Kelly exhibits. The park outside was filled with colorful, fragrant roses, sculpture, and people enjoying the summer sun. I painted one of the artists painting there.
