Prairie to Peaks

Petunias

One jam-packed summer and it isn't over yet.  Just a week ago the Prairie to Peaks Plein Air event hosted by Deselm's Fine Art ended. 


In addition to painting in the event we hosted plein air artists Kathy Steckel   http://www.kathysteckel.com/   and Pam Archer from Crawford, Colorado . 


Sterling Hoffmann  http://sterlinghoffmann.com/from Sonoma County California also stayed with us, and he was the judge.  Hosting gives a little icing to the cake as the artists are willing to help me with my learning.  


Kathy spent time at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and gave me  a lesson.  She broke down the process to finding a composition with just shapes (did we hear that from Teri last week) and then choose the proper values and keep it loose.  I finished Petunias in about an hour.  
  

Kathy painted the Paul Smith Children's Village when she was here in 2009.  We loved her painting and bought it for the CBG.  The painting is in the office.  She was amazed at how the garden had changed in just two short years.