2021 Inman Park Tour of Gardens

2021 Inman Park Tour of Gardens

Yes, my artwork and gardens will be on this tour.  Please look to purchase tickets and see event details through the Inman Park Festival organization and website. Prepare for a lush floral presentation of snapdragons, petunias, phlox and roses along with dozens of...

Thank you, Atlanta Artists Center!

This won the 1st Place Award at the Atlanta Artists Center October, 2016. Over the last few months, I’ve become involved with a local organization for promoting visual arts called the Atlanta Artists Center.  They are active in providing classes and speakers as...

One more for the road…

First of all, I’d like to ask if anyone knows any trick for getting a Soltek easel to come to your door.  I ordered one on Jan.22 and still haven’t received it yet!  I’ve contacted them and they say they are waiting on parts.  Everyone else who sells...

Maybe I’m getting the hang of it….

I’m thinking that I now have the version of plein air that I can finally see myself in.  When I first started this, I felt like I was just blindly feeling my way through it–not really relating to my own work all that well.  I had observed a lot of examples...

Plein Air–Innovation or Expectation?

I’m seriously considering that I’m talking to myself, but decided to move forward with another blog post anyway.   Okay, I’ll answer. I think plein air was started in the 1800’s because, at that time, the art world was consumed by protocol and rules of how art...

All About Plein Air

 –Why Do It? I was reading the January edition of Plein Air Magazine—no, not just looking at the pictures, I promise, and found that plein air events have grown from 25 events in 2004 to over 350 events by 2015. I’m pretty sure that’s what the analysts call “a...