Category: Plein Air

Cold Panhandle Wind

I really like a good change of weather. I like to see a cold winter storm blow in, snow and ice are refreshing in my opinion. And the cold days really help us to appreciate the warm days of spring.  A few days after this past Christmas just a few weeks ago, my wife and …

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A Journey in Oils & Pastels

Solo Show at Irving Art Association, Irving Texas

One of the art organizations I am a member of, the Irving Art Association, has made one of their gallery spaces available to me to exhibit a selection of my work. There will be over 40 works hanging from July 28 thru September 28th. Most of the work is available to purchase. • Meet & …

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A Thirsty Land

kingfisher

Memorial Day, 2018, found my wife and I and two close friends on the Pease River in the south eastern part of the Texas panhandle. I have always loved this area ever since my artist friend, Pete Quaid, introduced me to it several years ago. The Texas panhandle has its own unique beauty. My wife …

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Whatever Your Hands Find to Do…

The man to whom God gave an incredible amount of wisdom once said: “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.” Ecclesiastes 9:10 There are many vocations that are “hands-on”. Building, cultivating to name …

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Paint Historic Waxahachie 12th Annual Event

The Overhang, plein air oil painted on location in Italy, Texas

BEST OF SHOW This spring has been a busy one…. I was blessed to paint in Marble Falls and a couple of “garden tours” in Southlake and Fort Worth, and then there was the Paint Historic Waxahachie Plein Air Event in Waxahachie, Texas. This year was the 12th Annual… I think the first one I …

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Marble Falls – Paint the Town

Marble Falls Paint the Town Plein Air Event

March 30 thru April 1, 2017, I will be painting in the 11th Annual Plein Air Juried Exhibition in beautiful Marble Falls, Texas. This Plein Air event called “Paint the Town”,  will feature artists from across the nation, painting scenes around historic Marble Falls and other Hill Country locations nearby. A nationally recognized plein air judge will …

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Trees

The Woods - Plein Air Oil on Panel, 12 x 9

North Texas winters can be all over the map – snow, ice or close to 80 degrees. But this January, we have had some awesome days sprinkled throughout the month and hopefully it will continue into February. The temperature has been warming up to the 60’s and sometimes 70’s and the sky’s have been blue. …

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Do You Remember?

Arizona at Pearl Harbor

Memory is one of those functions of the brain that is most taken for granted, until it begins to slip away. God gave us the awesome creation of the brain… a small computer in our head that does all kinds of incredible things day in and day out. Recall of past events is one of …

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Painting on Oahu

Plein Air on Oahu, Hawaii

Spring of 2016 turned out to be quiet a spring. The first of May I was painting in Italy (Texas), and by the end of the month I was set up on the beaches of Oahu. An awesome place to paint, and visit friends. I had to make paint box form materials from Asel Art …

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Southern Engineering

Homemade Pochade box mounted on tripod

To say that I love(d) my Jullian Plein Air Easel would be an understatement. I really loved everything about it, especially the fact that is was made of real wood, had cool hardware, folded and I could throw it on my back using the leather straps I added when I bought the easel back in …

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Paint Historic Terrell

Unique shot of the Carnegie Library, build by Dale Carnegie in 1904

Beginning April 14th and running through April 23, the North East Texas Fine Art Alliance sponsored the Paint Historic Terrell Plein Air event in and around Downtown Terrell, Texas. Terrell was established in 1873 as a railroad town, and was named for Robert A. Terrell, a pioneer who originally came from Murfreesburo,Tennessee. The weather did …

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Paint the Glen

Kent Brewer and Steve Miller at Barnard's Mill and Art Museum

The annual “Paint the Glen” Plein Air Event that is sponsored by the Barnard Mill Art League, kicked off Saturday morning, April 9th, with an unofficial “nocturne” outing Friday night, April 8th. See bottom of page for more. Spring in Glen Rose, Texas is always beautiful. Bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrushes and cactus add to the fresh …

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