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Steamboat Art Museum hosts a very popular plein air event every fall [...]

"Mt Baldy" won Honorable Mention [...]

"Yampa River" won First Place in the Professional Category [...]

"Morning Reflections" won Honorable Mention [...]

“Aspen Shadows” won First Place in the Open Division [...]

"Colorado River" won First Place [...]

June 2022 to August 2023. The Shaun Horne Gallery invited artists to paint in the Crested Butte valley [...]

Spring 2023. I continued my spring tree and bush series [...]

49 paintings created on location [...]

2014, 2016, and 2018. Plein Air Magazine has hosted an annual Plein Air Convention and Expo (PACE) since 2012 [...]

2012 and 2013. The Golden Triangle Museum District (GTMD) arranged special painting locations in August and September, within the Golden Triangle, and in Denver Mountain Parks along the Lariat Loop [...]

I was on the PAAC Board from October 2012 to December 2018. Plein Air Artists Colorado (PAAC) organizes weekly and monthly painting outings for all artists who want to attend. PAAC Members can enter their plein air work in PAAC's Annual National Juried Exhibition and Sale, and [...]

I started painting outdoors in 2010. There is nothing that comes close to being on location, painting from life. Photos are useful for studio reference, but can only capture a fraction [...]