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Aug 18

August Art Hop Painting

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Today I worked on last Saturday’s painting I started at Williams Gallery West during the monthly Art Hop. I worked from a photograph I took on a day trip to the east side last October. Here’s the result so far…… I’m not completely done. This is 13×19, pastel, $800 It will be framed to 20×26

Lundy Canyon Morning

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Jan 10

January Art Hop Demonstration

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January 9, 2010…..oops my picture file was named ‘09….

Yesterday was our monthly Art Hop which occurs each second Saturday of the month. Below is the demonstration painting I started at the gallery. This is the 3rd time I’ve used my Trabucco Ranch photograph. I worked on this painting from a little after 11am till about 5pm at Williams Gallery West. We had a very good showing of people. Several groups came up from the valley to get out of the fog. The builder for our deck visited with his family, ‘Hi everyone!’. (‘Sierra Fence & Construction’, Ahwahnee CA) It was lovely to meet with the people and to be able to play…I mean paint.

I’ve worked on the painting the past few days. Below is my progress.

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