Hills of Joy in LPAPA squared exhibit

 

Hills of Joy 8 x 8

Laguna Plein Air Painters Squared exhibit opens online on December 1 .

At the gallery in Laguna Beach also December 4 to January 5.

https://www.32auctions.com/LPAPA-Square-2025

Good Morning Gunnar new watercolor of the Grand Canyon

Missing the Grand Canyon today. Here is my new painting “Good Morning Gunnar” in tribute to the genius Gunnar Widforss. This is the view he painted from the Kolb studio  at a different time of year. If you are unfamiliar with his work it is worth visiting Gunnar Widforss page on Facebook. Watercolor 17 x21 

 

What’s on my easel

 

GCC quick draw, gala and exhbit

 The last painting was a QuickDraw.

We painted from 10 to 12 am on the South Rim near the El Tovar hotel.

I had seen a beautiful Gunnar  Widforss watercolor at the Kolb residence and I was inspired by his light and ethereal periwinkle blue shadows.

My QuickDraw:

Morning Colors

Here are my paintings at the Kolb Studio and residence through April 

Misc other memories

Although I did not paint there I took a walk at Mather Point.

I went to the Pioneer Cemetery unsuccessfully looking for Gunnar Widforss!s grave .I was later told  that it is in the corner diagonally across from the entrance gate.( note to self for next time)

Gunnar Widforss is buried somewhere under these beautiful trees!

GCC Celebration of Art day 3 Thursday

 Thursday morning was the sunrise paint out 

Although the dawn was beautiful I have not resolved that painting to my satisfaction 

Here’s the scene

I took a long break after that and went to Yaki point to paint. Yaki point was just east of the village and I had a pass that let me into a restricted area with rest rooms!!

I thought about the great Ray Roberts as I painted the pyramid formation there ( Cheops Pyramid)

The resulting painting “Yaki Point Patterns”:

I went back later and painted a small one that I did not like at the time so I flipped it over and painted on the reverse side. Now that I am looking at it I don’t know why I thought it was a flop! Maybe the high altitude!

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GCC Celebration of Art Day 2

 After 3 paintings on Day 1 I got a later start than I wanted.

I went back to the same trail Overlook on hermits road to paint a scene that I had noticed on Tuesday.

The resulting painting was a flop. I am working on it and will share if I can solve it’s many problems.

I decided a change of scene was needed.

I was told to try the Kaibab trailhead so I went there, just east of the Grand Canyon village where I did my favorite painting of the week.

The holy grail of plein air ( for me) is to capture the light. The gold highlight kissing the ridge was perfect. The shadowed foreground simplified the scene and made large abstracted shades.