Kingstad Wetlands, 6x12"

Kingstad Wetlands, 6x12", Pastel on sanded paper

Late afternoon painting has it's advantages...and disadvantages when it comes to plein air work. I just struggled with getting the colors in this one. From moment to moment, the atmosphere changed just as fast as I was putting color down. Frustrated as it was, I walked away reminding myself that each painting is really an experiment. So, depending on who's looking at it, it could be more than just an experiment...or for me, a lesson learned in quick afternoon color.

After working on this, my painting buddy Gretha popped open a bottle of chocolate wine and celebrated a summer"y" serendipitous moment.

Painted at the Beaverton Wetlands area just located behind our once "Kingstad Gallery", I was reminded of a couple of years ago painting with all the artists from the Kingstad.

Kingstad Center Group Show

ArtPeace:PeaceArt

Note: DATE CHANGE!

Opening Reception, Thursday, 1/15/09, 6:00 – 8:30 pm
Catered by Kingstad Catering; no-host bar
The Kingstad Gallery, 15450 SW Millikan Way, Beaverton, Oregon 97006
Music by ‘Sky In The Road’

This exciting exhibit spans media from photography to bronze sculpture, printmaking to painting, to blown glass and mosaic, with subject matter ranging from political protest and overcoming the hardships of war and poverty, to the solace of the world’s great religions and the joys of home and hearth.

Featured Guest Artists: Jacquelyn Bond, Brenda Boylan, Celeste Bergin, Scott Gellatly, and Michael Orwick.

Exhibiting with them are distinguished regional photographers Adam Bacher, David Burbach and a group photography exhibit by Foto Kids of Guatemala, who are joined by bronze and stone sculptors Don Griffith, Lawrence Rajotte, Joni Mitchell, and glass artist Kyle Kraiter.
Regional painters, printmakers, and mixed media artists Melody Cleary, Blaine Johnson, Eileen Kane, Eileen Nolan Kressel, Pattie Palmer-Baker, Carolyn Rondthaler, Alan Rose, Allen Schmetzler, Jo Siddens, Ruth Lambert Smith, Lynne Taylor, and Samyak Yamauchi round out this extraordinary and thought-provoking exhibit.

ArtPeace:PeaceArt runs through 3/07/09