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‘I love to sketch, draw & paint images gathered from my outdoor adventures…

exploring the wild landscapes and national parks of the

Rocky Mountains &  Desert Southwest is where you’ll find me!

My painting style is graphic with bold lines and colors.’

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Plein Air Events

April 24 -May 29, 2023

Pacific Northwest Plein Air Invitational

Pacific Northwest Plein Air moves to springtime. Come and paint on the green hills

and among the many wildflowers of the Columbia River Gorge.

The museum will be exhibiting plein air works for most of May: April 30–May 29, 2023

 

Maryhill Museum of Art 35 Maryhill Museum Drive Goldendale, WA 98620

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June 1-15, 2023 - Open Artist Days

Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational

Exhibition Sales opening on August 11th & 12th 

 Crested Butte Center for the Arts

Crested Butte, Colorado

 The main gallery exhibit will continue through August 28th, 2023.  

https://www.crestedbuttepleinairinvitational.com/

​September 8, 2023, through January 15, 2024

Grand Canyon Conservancy

15th Annual Celebration of Art

 Kolb Studio

Grand Canyon National Park - South Rim, Arizona

https://www.grandcanyon.org/events/celebration-of-art/

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Studio Painting 2023
River Trail 
36" x 18"
acrylic on panel

$2800
 

Plein Air Events - 2023

AUGUST
Estes Valley Plein Air
Estes Park, Colorado 
August 17-24, with the show opening August 25 and running through September 24
https://www.artcenterofestes.com/plein-air

 

OCTOBER
Monuments and Canyons 
Colorado National Monument
Fruita, Colorado
October 1- 8
https://coloradonma.org/


 

OCTOBER
Sedona Arts Center Plein Air Festival
Sedona, Arizona
October 20 - 28

https://sedonaartscenter.org/event/19th-annual-sedona-plein-air-festival/
 

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