I'm going to Carmella Jarvi's workshop today at 1pm at Matthews Community Center. Her  presentation on Marketing at Tuesday's Matthews Artists Guild meeting was full of great ideas. It was the tip of the iceberg and I'm looking forward to the what else she has under water.

I'm off this morning to join other artists at 10 a.m at a site for the senses, McGill Rose Garden on N Davidson just off 277 near downtown Charlotte. It is layered with sweet frangrances floating among gorgeous flowers; bright, warm sunbeams piercing the tree canopy through the cool shade to dapple the mulched plants below. Lots to paint from roses to garden sculptures, trellis to trees, vegetable garden to the quaint…

While up in the Hickory area Monday I headed up to the Caldwell Arts Center Lenoir, NC to see the National Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibit before it closes Wednesday.. Really enjoyed it although surprised not to see any En Plein Air landscapes. I was a facinated by a piece which was a portrait overlaying a quilt pattern and then realizing each quilt square has a meshed mini portrait. I perhaps was drawn to it as I'm currently working up a quilt design from plants and woodscapes for the…

I'm set to paint out next week! Come if you'd like. You'll enjoy the scenery as a few other en plein air painters paint out at the Hunter Farm in Weddington, NC on Tuesday, May 17th, 10 A.M. I always look forward to painting this farm. They have wonderful barns, out buildings, fields and many, many animals... and may have a very few strawberries left. Bring water & your hat! Bag your lunch if you like to stay late like me. Come paint your heArt out.…