#strada easel

Back from Iceland with a first real shot at plein air painting. 

Humbling to see how incredibly hard and challenging the craft is. Yet, going outside in the wild (for hours on spot) gives a connection and focus that no studio work can ever provide. 

30 days of the #StradaEasel Challenge

30 Paintings in 30 Days – All From Life for the Strada Easel Challenge

It’s really fun to see all of the paintings together.  I look at this montage and I think of the frustration, joy, weather, adventures, hopes and goals of the past month.  While they didn’t all ‘turn out’ and some of them aren’t finished, each one presented a learning opportunity.

There were several days when I didn’t want to…

Days 23-29 Steamboat Plein Air Event and Strada Easel Challenge

The Steamboat Plein Air Event brought fog, snow, rain, sun, fun and thankfully very little wind.  Thinking back, I realized I have not been to Steamboat in over 15 years!  I made a trip up there when I first moved to Colorado.  At the time, everything was grandiose, spectacular and breathtaking.  And, if I remember correctly, the return trip was seven hours, mostly stuck in traffic on I-70. …