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Oil, 9x12
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Another piece for the "Go Native Show", this Sunday, May 6, at the Atascadero Lake Pavilion, 1 pm. Information at: www.atascderonativetree.org, or www.slopepainters.com/newevents.html
40% of all sales will go to the Atascadero Native Tree Assosciation.
Some musings on trees: “...for the tree of the field is man’s life”. Deuteronomy 20:19
As a child growing up in California, tree’s were certainly a very big part of my life. We climbed them, sat in them (pretending to be big birds), and swung in them - remember the old tire swings?
As an adult I value trees for their steadfastness; they are rooted in the earth; they provide our planet with oxygen, shelter and food to all the creatures
including us humans. And not least of all, for the beauty with which they enrich our lives.
Hope you can make the show.

"Ladies First"...Judith Hale Gallery, Los Olivos

This past weekend was the Judith Hale Gallery's annual "Ladies First" event in Santa Inez Valley. Artists are spread throughout the gallery's sculpture garden demonstrating their medium, music plays and fine food and wine is served.
It's a wonderful time and the artists get to catch up with their collectors and friends. I was demonstrating palette knife painting.

Here's the layout of the demo showing the knives - two 1-1/4" knives and one 2" knife. I've laid in the sky and ocean with my knives, and brushed in the rock and shore area with a bristle #10 bright. My next step is to put in the details of rocks and shore water with the knives.
My next blog will show the basic palette layout of paints and the brushes I use.