Fremont Bridge II, oil on canvas, 30X48 in, copyright ©2002

I’ll be resuming regularly scheduled plein air painting classes this April. They go from April to November, we meet Tuesday and Sunday from 10 AM to 2:30 PM, with alternate sessions replacing bad weather days. Anyone can sign up for 8 or 16 sessions at a time, with 8 session credits costing $380, 16 session credits $650. There is a first time signup discount of $50, and for the first time ever you can now use PayPal to purchase session credits. You do not have to attend all classes, but can use your session credits for those days that fit your schedule. If you have unused session credits at the end of the year, they carry over to the following year’s plein air season.

We meet at various sites in the greater Seattle area, including Snoqualmie Valley, Snohomish Valley, the Eastside, Pioneer Square, Washington Park Arboretum, Discovery Park and other locations. More information is available in the classes section of this website.

Lowell-Larimar Road, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, copyright ©2011

This painting depicts Lowell-Larimar Road, right across from the painter Mehdi Fallahian’s farmhouse. Most of the work was completed on site, but required some additional studio work. I’ve gone back and forth about the composition and the various accessories of the rural landscape that I’ve included; the large tire pile, the concrete abutment, the empty 50 gallon drum. If one travels the backroads in search of a rural idyll, a la Jean-Jacques Rousseau, one is bound to be disappointed. Perhaps one can find Tathata in a pile of rubber tires, rotting fences and singing power lines.

J & M At Dusk, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, copyright ©2011

My most recent painting will be included in the exhibition “New Contemporary Works” at Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Ave S, Seattle WA 98104. The exhibition will run from December 1st through January 28, with opening receptions on the First Thursday of each month. For those interested in process, there is some information as well as state photographs on my “new and in progress” page.