October 2025
Here we go … the month that’s been circled on my calendar for about a year … First up: Piedmont Park paint out with the VH Plein Air Painters. We didn’t have very many artists show up to paint, but the ones who did participate are some of my favorites. There was only one incident and I really don’t want to talk about it, but let’s just say, you should NEVER paint by yourself … even in a park, in the middle of the day, in the middle of an open field. Always be in the line of vision of another artist - always. There are some really sick people in the world. The highlight of the paint out week was guiding 20 (!) artists through a daisy painting. Everyone did well. They had fun, took home a painting and learned a little about the painting process. I spent the following week cramming for Palmetto Bluff. There was so much to do, varnishing, a trip to JFM for frames, getting my grays colored .. ha!, preparing substrates, framing, stocking up on supplies, photographing everything, submitt...
