Spring St. Paul Art Crawl

St. Paul Art Crawl Fall 2010

I had fun with my first time participating in the St. Paul Art Crawl. I was on the sixth floor of the Rossmor Building. I was pleased with my sales and Robin also sold three of her "penny rug" table runners.

Painting in Paradise

We had fun during the first week of September

in Grand Marais, Minnesota. I participated in the 8th annual plein Air Painting Competition & Exhibition. It looks nice, but it was cold and windy the morning I went out on Artist's Point to paint this "seascape". Chris Faust, a photographer from St. Paul, wandered over to take this panorama view of this beautiful spot. The wind was blowing off of the land from the northwest out onto the lake so there weren't any waves rolling in. The wind did catch my canvas panel and blow it off of my easel into the water. I quickly retrieved it and saved it from being a lost paintwreck at the bottom of east bay.

Duluth, Minnesota

We had fun up along the shores of Lake Superior this weekend. Summer... 75 degrees... a cool breeze off the lake...this makes for a perfect day.

Art Perchance

On Thursday, August 19, from 6:00 - 9:00 pm come to the free event at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts called Art Perchance. The outdoor Target Park will become a midway where participants can, feast and frolic - and vie for a chance to win art that's been donated by artists like me.

Minnesota State Fair

I feel fortunate that my painting titled Lake Superior has been accepted into the 2010 Fine Arts Exhibition at the Minnesota State Fair. The Fair runs from August 26 - September 6.

Brighton Beach

This is a view of Brighton Beach near Duluth, MN.

Trip to South Shore of Lake Superior

We had a great time staying at a friend's cabin along the south shore of Lake Superior on Bark Point near Herbster, WI. This is the view of the lake from the front porch of Stacey and Tim's cabin.

Edina Dunn Bros Art Show

I will be having a show of painting at the Edina Dunn Bros coffee shop during the month of June.

Painting Mentorship

I had fun doing a mentorship with a high school senior student interested in landscape plein air painting. We had great weather and each did a painting of this view of the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis.

Foot in the Door

Robin and I are participating in the Foot in the Door exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Robin's is Collecting Color, old crayons in a linotype drawer. Richard's is a painting called All the Same, but Different.

Painting at Dunn Bros on East Lake Street

I'm having a show at the Dunn Bros Coffee Store on East Lake St. next to the Longfellow Grill in Minneapolis during the month of October. Some old and some new paintings.

Art Perchance

"Congratulations! Your artwork has been selected by our jury panel for inclusion in our Art Perchance exhibition." My painting Spirit in the Water will be exhibited for public viewing in the Reception Hall at the Minneapolis Intitute of Arts from September 19 - 25.

Grand Marais

We had a wonderful time in Grand Marais. The workshop with Brian Stewart was fun. My first plein air painting and my first kayaking trip made this vacation one of the best. We took walks each morning and evening. At the Best Western motel we could listen to the waves at night and see the moon reflecting off the lake. On Sunday the group of four students and Brian drove up to Hovland and painted by the old dock. It was a perfect day.

Ripple River

We took a trip up to Deerwood, MN to meet Charles Beck at the Ripple River Gallery. We like his woodblock prints, but love his carved wood birds. Charles held court on Bob and Amy's front porch and talked about his art.

Blues at the Barn

We enjoyed hearing The Pines and Ray Bonneville perform at the Red House Records Music Festival outside of Red Wing, MN at Hobgoblin Music.

Swan Song Gallery

I liked Earl Gutnik's and John Pearson's art at the gallery across the street from the bakery in Maiden Rock, WI.

Best Bread

We took a drive down the river to Maiden Rock to get bread at the Smiling Pelican Bakery.  My favorite kind is struan.

A health to our future, asign for our past,
We love, we remember, we hope to the last,
And for all the base lies that the almanacs hold,
While we've youth in our hearts we can never grow old.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

"And silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound."