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Miniature show at the Gilcrease Museum

I have been invited to participate in this year's American Art in Miniature Exhibition at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The show will hang from October 25 through November 9 with an artists' reception held November 6. Artists may submit only one painting no larger than 9x12. This is a prestigious show and I am honored to be a part of it.

Workshops

I will be teaching a 3-day workshop at the Running Deer Retreat in Danville, Arkansas, October 10, 11 & 12, 2008.  The focus will be on "Painting What You See".  Tuition is $250 with a $75 deposit and includes continental breakfasts and lunches. Rooms are available at the retreat for $50/night shared room or $60/night private room.  For complete info please visit the Running Deer Resort website or call Paula Steel at (479) 495-2401. Or you can email her.

Running Deer Retreat

Painting events

October 23-25, 2008
Port Aransas Coastal Paintout 2008 - the first annual plein air event of the Port A Gallery in Port Aransas, TX, held in conjunction with Annual Port Aransas Fall ArtAbout. There will be a Quick Draw event the morning of the 25th and an opening reception at the gallery that afternoon.

November 3, 2008
A painting demonstration for the East Texas Art League at Jasper, TX.

November 13-15, 2008
Painting with the Outdoor Painters Society in the Hill Country of Texas, including Lost Maples State Park. It's always fun to paint with the OPS - what a great group!

Outdoor Painters Society

Whenever I can I like to mention the OPS. It's a group that Bruce Peil and I started back in 1996. Our objective was to provide incentive and opportunity to paint outdoors and it has been more successful than we could ever have imagined. The membership has grown from an original eight members to around 200. We get together every month or so to paint (except for a couple of hot Texas summer months), sometimes for a day, a weekend or a week.

In 2005 the group was restructured to be more professional (which was the way many people viewed it anyway) and the next year we hosted our first major annual exhibition, "Plein Air Texas". In 2009 the show will be called "Plein Air Southwest" and we will exhibit paintings done in the Grand Canyon, the Ouray/Telluride area of Colorado, Big Bend National Park and the Texas Hill Country.

Please visit the OPS website for more information about this exciting and growing group of artists.

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