TRALA ITS MAY

Well this blog page has a new look and its time to negotiate another learning curve. ah well. I have two paintings ready to go to framer and then to possible exhibits, one at the Hardy, their annual juried  floor to ceiling show, (has it been a year?) and the Ridges exhibit which is in late June through July, early August. I was not happy with my studies for the Ridges, but finally sat down and got out a painting of the range light station, the local icon, beacon of light,  in Baileys Harbor, as portrayed above. The day I went with my gear it was sunny but chilly, then I did some photos there a few weeks later and this painting is a result of several visits, 2 small studies and a photo image on the lap top,  I was happy with the light in this, shadows were long and dark. Reading the Ridges exhibit  will be at the Door Community Auditorium and will feature area artists invited to submit their impressions, at the Link Gallery opening on July 1 with a special reception. I was in this exhibit a few years ago when I did a painting of networked tree branches and a winter wren, this painting is quite different from the Winter Wren. I do not define myself as a landscape artist or a plein air painter, but these labels apply within a larger definition of my inquiring eye.