Workshop in Marion, MA

I'm back from five weeks in Massachusetts and Maine. I'm happy to report that my show and workshop went very well. I had nine students at a three-day event and got to paint outside two of the three days and just escape a massive storm on the third! It's been VERY rainy in the Northeast. But I found, not surprisingly, that the participants were much more interested in learning how to work with pastel than in plein air painting. Still, we got to paint at Marion Harbor on the second day, and at the lovely home of one of our participants in Wareham, MA on the third (pictured here). I found my first workshop experience to be thoroughly enjoyable and now look forward to my next in Colorado in August.

Aside from demos, I didn't do a lot of painting. I'm finding that I'm wanting to change but not sure how! I spent a lot of time in Maine looking at art and saw several artists' work that really inspired me. What I admired most was the simplicity of shapes, interesting use of color, and strong drawing skills in those with buildings. I'm hoping to use my many photos from Maine as reference to explore my love of New England architecture. It's something that has deep meaning for me. I