Summer travel

Back on the blog. I really have good intentions of posting often, but life just gets in the way and I have been on the road most of the summer.

Fellow artist Barbara Hawkins and I took to the road for a 21 day trip to see Garden of the Gods and Estes Park in Colorado. Next we went to Cody, Wy and traveled across Chief Joseph Hwy to the tops of the mountains and back in a loop to Cody. We visited the Buffalo Bill Museum and galleries while there.

After touring the area, we headed to Yellowstone and stayed in the park 4 nights. Not enough time there but we did paint a couple plein air paintings.We had a close call with a bull bison sneaking up on us while painting. We learned to each stand painting different directions and close to the car. Our travels took us to every entrance to the park and a visit at each town taking in as much beauty as we could in that short time. Animals were great and the cold weather and little snow were a treat for us Texans. Barbara and I both wished we were younger and had strength to hike up the paths without stopping for a breather.

Barbara and I left Yellowstone and headed to the Tetons and Jackson, Wy for a few nights. Did the gallery Art Walk in Jackson. I painted at String Lake. We left Jackson for Salt Lake City, a couple nights at Bryce Natl Park and on to Zion.  The north rim of Grand Canyon was our next destination, on to the south rim of the canyon, Sedona and Scottsdale. We toured another national park along the way home thru Arizona to home. 5600 miles in the car, over 3000 photos....tired but happy and lots of painting material.

July has been busy as well. I facilitated the Art League of Ft. Bend monthly critique and posted a painting on Ebay to see if I can sell some of my small paintings. The American Art Collector ad with Artist of Texas group paid off with a sale of one of my larger paintings to a new client. Fellow artists and I attended the Art Expo in the Woodlands. I took a watercolor class and an oil painting class in place of another friend that couldn't attend. A slow process for this plein air painter. The Expo is really a decorative arts thing.

Thanks for traveling along with me on this blog.