"Cortona Window" wins Third Place

I decided to enter the Peoria Celebration of Artists juried show this year. The first step is to send up to two digital images for jurying into the show. I entered two pieces, "Cortona Window" and "Golden Barrel Cactus". Both pieces were juried into the show which is housed in the Peoria, AZ City Hall. I was pleased to attend the reception to find that "Cortona Window" had placed third in the Drawing/Pastel Division. The judges were Bob and Louise McCall. Bob McCall creates art for NASA and has the largest painting in the Smithsonian. Louise is also a well known artist. Earning an award by such quality of judges makes the award all the sweeter!!

Richard McKinley Workshop

The week of March 8th I participated in a weeklong workshop in Tucson, AZ with Richard McKinley. Richard is the instructor that I worked with in Italy last year and will be working with again in France the end of June. This workshop was for artists who have previously worked with Richard and was designed for each artist to move to their next level. Several of the participants had also taken part in the workshop in Italy including my roommate for the Tucson workshop, Barb. This made for great fun for the group as well as being able to learn from each other. We painted in several beautiful sites in Tucson including Sabino Canyon shown here with my easel. I was very gratified that Richard recognized my growth as an artist since the workshop in Italy last May. I have moved forward in recognizing and painting three to four main value masses. Richard worked with me to further define the values within each major value mass. He also demonstrated the next step which would include adding stokes that add the drama to a painting. It was a truly successful workshop.