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"Spring Daffodils" 12x9 oil on panel $700 |
The spring flowers have been awesome but the weather....not so much.....but that's okay because I have an awesome studio space! I can set up still life's or just plop a handful of flowers in various vases scattered around and paint by the windows....
I had a tough time with all the yellow in this painting! The goal was to make the yellow a big shape and define the flowers with subtle value and temperature changes. I sort of did that but still, the vase looks better than the flowers..
My studio space... It's at the Knowles Studio in Poulsbo, WA. I have been working there for over ten years! The studio owner and my colleague and friend is Leigh Knowles Metteer. She is an educator, print maker and all around amazing human! We have a good time there making art, teaching art and talking about all kinds of stuff. Each year, the second weekend in November we participate in Arts in the Woods. Leigh is on the board of the Cultural Arts Foundation in Kitsap which puts on AITW. We also participate in many of the arts related events and competitions in the PNW region.
The Knowles Studio is open to the public most week days and Saturdays. You can check out the website HERE for more info on classes and events.
Events coming up this summer on my schedule:
April 22, 2022 ; I'll be working at the Front Street Gallery in Poulsbo, WA, from 1pm-6pm. Stop by and say hi....lots of great local art and craft at this award winning gallery in Poulsbo!
April 23, 24; Not too late to register for a two day, Introduction to Plein Air Workshop through the Cole Gallery in Edmonds WA. Register HERE
April 30 ; This one day Plein Air Painting Workshop is through Kitsap Arts in Silverdale, WA. We will be painting outside at the waterfront in Silverdale.
May 3-7; I will be in Richland, WA for a Plein Air Washington Artists, juried art and plein air painting competition through the Allied Art Association's Gallery at the Park. More info on that HERE.
May 9-15 We will be attending the American Impressionist Society's Small Works Exhibition in Taos, NM .
That's it for now! Hope you can attend some of these classes and events this spring. The year is off to a good start!