April greetings. Above is a painting from the Southeastern plein air festival in Gadsden AL, a week ago. Its a great event and i always look forward to participating.
Several events upcoming.....The inaugural Olmstead Park Plein Air Festival, April 22-26 in nearby Atlanta, is one of the most heralded events ever. I will competing with 29 other fantastic U.S. artists in this beautiful linear park. Come by and see us paint, and attend either the gala reception on 4/25, or the public sale on 4/26. On wednesday afternoon through saturday noon, we will be painting mostly in and around the park, so would love to have you drop by and check things out. An open quickdraw takes place on Sunday afternoon.....come on down and participiate!
After that, am off to the Wayne PA plein air festival in May, Los Gatos CA festival in June, Cashiers NC in July, and possibly a Texas festival on October.
Along the way, please note of some workshop opportunities.!...
just announced, a one day plein air workshop on May 6th, then again on June 1st, sponsored by the art school in sandy springs. Please hurry to signup!
also upcoming soon....a fantastic 4 day oil painting workshop at the Bascom Art Center in the beatiful mountain town of Highlands, NC. Join us!
I will be following up with more details, but in the meantime, you can contact the various websites for application and signup information. I would love to have you join us. Its always a great time learning together about oil painting.