Florida Forgotten Coast Plein Air Paint Out

Here's a handful of images from the the May 2-12 festival at the florida gulf.....was a very impressive array of artists, and a great thrill to participate.

sunflowers study

Here's a simple study painted while visiting one of my artist friends, Gina Brown, a few months ago.  Gina's a particularly good artist, and has a real knack for capturing, very quickly and spontaneously, the essence of a subject, whether it be faces or flowers or anything.  (her link is on the sidebar).
 Perhaps the looseness and simplicity of this piece is more expressively interesting than a more formal still life painting.

Callaway Gardens Plein Air Festival

....just returned from this event.....will update shortly with details.....above painting was done midweek during the festival....

April classes!

hello all
for oil painters...hurry to sign up for my Spring classes starting in just a bit over a week..!!..there's still openings....

Art School in Sandy Springs class starts Monday, April 22
(see side bar for reference/link)
Smith Gilbert Gardens 4-day crash course starts Tuesday, April 23
(here's link for smith gilbert gardens class...
http://www.smithgilbertgardens.com/about-the-gardens/

see you there !
john

Late March

Hello again.....
...back on track as far as loading photos...Above is a recent still life painting....
The original title was " Some Flowers and Stuff I got at Publix supermarket", but thought that was a little too clunky, so I came up with "Still Life: Flowers and Fruit" ; brilliant!
I'm anxious to go outside and paint some landscapes...someday maybe it'll warm up around here! brrrr...shiver....

Mid March

hello friends.....i've had some delays in blog postings lately....am having technical problems loading photos .....am trying to resolve and get back on track,  since there's a lot happening this coming spring.......thanks for your 'viewership' and I hope to get things  up and running asap........
John

February update : classes and stuff

Hello there, 

...wanted to keep you posted on my upcoming classes and events for the late winter/spring 2013.  Please feel free to contact me if questions. You can find additional

details about most of these classes by locating the appropriate link on the right hand menu area .

Booth Museum of Western Art : 2 day workshop / cityscape-landscape/ oils  /   February 9,10 (9am-4pm)

Bowen Art Center / Dawsonville: Oil painting / Starts Wednesday / February 20th (6 wednesday mornings)

The Art School in Sandy Springs / expressive landscapes / oils / Starts March 4 (six monday mornings)

Marietta/Cobb museum of Art : Plein air painting- Oils / Starts April 6th (six saturday mornings)

Marietta/ Cobb museum of Art:  Studio oil painting: Oils / Starts April 9th (six tuesday evenings)

Smith-Gilbert Gardens/Kennesaw:  Studio and plein air painting / oils :  4 sucessive mornings, april 23-26

Smith-Gilbert Gardens/ Kennesaw: studio and plein air painting/ /oils;  4 succssive mornings, may 14-17

Other Spring events!

Lecture / Georgia Art League: quinlan art center, gainesville, ga / February 21, 12pm

Callaway Gardens plein air festival , april 14-21

Florida's Forgotten Coast plein air festival, May 2-12