I’ve been absent for a bit.  I actually have several posts I need to write, including one on my trip to Paris that included a trip to Giverny, but for now a quick update.

This weekend was the judging of the 8th Annual Falls Church Arts Plein Air show.  I was only in town to paint two weekends for the timeframe of the show (mid-April to mid-June). One of those was cold and rainy, the other I agreed to gallery sit at the new gallery.  I got creative and sat out in front of the gallery and painted Kensington Corner. The finished product was only minimally realistic because I only painted what I liked.  I painted the clock and the bus stop and the trees and flowers, but not the roads and only minimal detail in the buildings.  I kind of liked the result, and so did someone else, because the painting sold at the showing on Saturday. It was bought by a lovely couple who very thoughtfully viewed the show and chose two paintings to buy, one being mine.  I hope they get many years of enjoyment out of it.  

I have been so busy that I framed the painting in haste, and did not scan or photograph it.  I will need to remember it from the iPhone photo I took of it in its frame.

This show has several cash prizes.  I did not win anything, but below are the well deserving and very talented winners.