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| WFWS Delegates Meetings (4/28): Friday in Scottsdale the delegates & Alternates from the various Watercolor Societies held meetings to exchange ideas. We also learned about the plans for next years exhibition in Lubbock, Texas. We exchanged paintings too, and I came home with a beautiful portrait of Blossom.   Blossom Loves Her Portrait ... |
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| Back From WFWS (4/27): It's always good to be home - My beautiful bride and I are back from WFWS in Arizona. Love my Chevy Cruze - It got to from Albuquerque to Scottsdale on one take of gas (41.6 mpg) Coming back from Flagstaf it got 43.1 mpg in heavy winds (41 mpg for the total trip). I was proud to have my watercolor on display at WFWS in Arizona.   |
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| More Entries (4/20): I'm entering my new "Yellow Roses" and two other flower paintings into "The Art of the Flower" a juried show sponsored by The New Mexico Art League here in Albuquerque. Some artists claim that jurors seldom select flowers because they are considered trite subjects - but this show will be just flowers. It's ready made for my paintings and the dates are perfect. If accepted, the drop off date for paintings is just before I leave for my workshop in Taos - and, the opening reception is the day I return.  New Mexico Art League Entries ... |
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| White Iris (4/19): This morning, I started on a new watercolor of a "White Iris". The photo shows my drawing and a later stage with liquid mask to protect the lightest areas. I also applied light molding paste with a pallet knife to provide texture in the negative areas.  White Iris in Progress ... |
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| Attention Artists (4/16): Do you frame your own watercolors ? This morning I had to switch out a sheet of plexi in one of my frames for the NMWS Spring Show. It had gotten scratched. I highly recommend "Port Plastics" 2109 Candelaria NE in Albuquerque. I walked in, they cut it to order and I was out in less than 10 minutes. They do great work & the paper peels off so easily. I've used them for years.  This Mornings Breakfast
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| Framing Paintings Today (4/14): I framed five watercolors today. Two are for the NMWS Juried Members Only Exhibition here in Albuquerque in May. The three are for the NMWS-SC Juried Show in Las Cruces, New Mexico in June. Actually, I unframed earlier paintings stealing the mats and frames for the ones selected by the jurors in these two exhibitions. Currently, I have one hanging in the MasterWorks of New Mexico show - Plus, another one in the WFWS Exhibition in Arizona.  For NMWS Spring Show in May  For Las Curces in June ... |
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| Desert Broom (4/13): Springtime means our "Desert Broom" is beginning to flower - it's in our front yard. We love the burst of yellow and the fragance it gives off. We had to take out the Broom that was in the back yard because things were getting way too crowded. I've been calling this plant a "Desert Broom" but it is really called a Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius). Scotch Broom is a perennial, leguminous shrub native to northwestern Europe, where it is found in sunny sites, usually on dry, sandy soils. The common name, Broom, is also used generically for other related species. It has been widely introduced into other continents, and is regarded as a noxious invasive species in many places such as California and the Pacific Northwest in North America. We love our noxious invasive species or weed.  Our Desert Broom ... |
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| Two Yellow Roses (4/12): This morning, I began a new watercolor of two yellow roses. It's good to be back painting with my Saturday friends at the La Mesa church. I'm painting on 140 lb arches rough streached over a sheet of gator board. Matted, the finished painting will fit into a 28 x 22 inch frame.  Two Yellow Roses ... |
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| Delightful News (4/11): Delightful news, I just heard that three of my watercolors were accepted into the NMWS-SC juried exhibition, at the Branigan Cultural Center, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Only one painting is currently in a frame - so, I'd better get busy cutting mats an finding frames. With the two I need to frame for the Spring Show here - that means I have four to frame.  ... |
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| Morning Sunrise: This was the sky in Albuquerque when I awoke this morning. Mornings are the best time of the day.  Sunrise Over Our Mountain ... |
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| Spring NMWS Members Show (4/10): Robin Lee Makowski, Juror and Judge for the NMWS Spring Juried Exhibition selected two of my watercolors for the show. The exhibit opens Saturday, May 10, from 1 to 4 PM, in the Fine Arts Gallery at Expo New Mexico here in Albuquerque.   Giselle Koi ... |
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| Good Movies (4/9): We have seen several good movies at the Dollar Show lately.  ... |
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| Reproductions of my Watercolors are now for sale CLICK HERE for details  ... |
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| Three Stops in Los Angeles (4/6): As a child, I grew up watching cowboy movies. So, one stop I had to make was the museum of the American West established by - the Singing Cowboy himself - Gene Autry. We also found time to visit the Getty Center and the California Science Center to see the retired Space Shuttle Endeavour. And, of course, I was also an avid reader of Science Fiction through out Jr High and High School.    ...  That's Me Playing Cowboy at the Autry Center ... |
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 View of Los Angeles from the Getty Center ... |
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NAEA in San Diego  My Collograph Workshop on Sunday was a success |
Back From NAEA and Disneyland (4/5): We returned today from our trip to San Diego for the NAEA Convention and our time at Disneyland. Our first night was spent in Scottsdale so we could see Chihuly's creations in the gardens at night.   Next
we drove on to San Diego for three days at NAEA (National Art Teachers
Convention). I took part in a Middle School exchange of ideas and did
my Collograph Workshop. I also donated a watercolor for the retired art
teachers auction (RAEA).
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| Disneyland: After NAEA, we drove up the coast for four days in Anaheim to enjoy Disney's Magical Kingdom and some of the other attractions in Los Angeles. I love the blue "On Star" button on my Chevy. It's gives me accurate turn by turn directions and saves me lots of time. The only issue is when On Star gives me miles and times in LA - it does not calculate Los Angeles traffic. When On Star tells me that my destination is only 16 miles and 18 minutes away - then, 1 1/2 hours later I get there. On Wednesday, we visited three great locations: The Autry Museum of the West, The Getty Center and then the LA Science Center to see the Space Shuttle. It was a wonderful day - but, I still can't understand how people who live there can put up with the traffic day after day, after day.  Main Street - Waiting for the Parade ...  My Bride and I |
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  Checking out the ART at the Getty Center ... |
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It was hard to believe how large the Scace Shuttle was |
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