Summer's End in Western Spirit

Summer's End Pastel 10x20

It is always rewarding to get the little notification you have been accepted.  Western Spirit is an exceptional show featured at our Old West Museum with almost 200 artists from across the nation juried into the show.  It opens March 1st and runs through April 13th.  

This piece will be there with over 300 other pieces.  It is based on a photo I snapped at our Governor's residence, an arrangement in an old milk can.  The light was just right making the sunflowers gleam.  

The Falls 16x20 

This is also the first year that the show has included photography as fine art. Don just took up photography two years ago and he has two images to show.  Be sure to come and see Begin Again and The Falls, both images of a Yellowstone trip. 

Begin Again 16x20

The Other Artist

While I may work on a painting for hours and hours, with one click another form of art can be created. Don is just beginning to see the world through the lens of his new Nikon.  Of course that one click has many more clicks that don't turn out and the images are typically not in the backyard as are the flowers  that I love to paint.  The Chihuly bridge of glass is located in Tacoma, WA and is awe inspiring.  These two images were taken of the ceiling of the bridge.  
 http://www.chihuly.com/special-projects-chihuly-bridge-of-glass.aspx

We recently cruised along the Adriatic and  Don's photos keep the memories fresh.  Every port was unique.  The white town of Mykonos, a Greek island, was a particular high point.