Paul

Winter is Still-life season in my studio. The sunlight streams through the windows at dramatic, low angles. It's 16 degrees in Columbia MO. No reason to go outside! I'll stay in the studio for a few more weeks and dream of spring.

It's been great hiding out in the studio to paint for a while. Finally I have a chance to stop moving and paint some of the inspirations from this year's adventures. My latest are from my fantastic travels in China. I'll have an exhibition of my latest work on Feb 13th in Columbia MO. Mark…

My final plein air workshop this week was a great one. I finally hit my stride and produced a really nice painting. My students took me to lunch at the Ahwahnee hotel. What an awesome experience this event has been!

My group today was ready to paint. I had some die-hard folks that seem to revel in the adverse conditions and produced some awesome work. It's not tough to be inspired to paint here!

We set out to paint along the Merced river this morning at 9:00. It was so cold my paint formed ice crystals on the palette! This made painting rather difficult, but eventually the sun came out and warmed us up a bit.

It was so cold last night the waterfall froze! Painting today was tough!