Last weekend my home studio was open as part of the Open Studios Tour in Amador County, put on by the Amador County Arts Council.

I had a lot of enthusiastic visitors and buyers.  Some of my students and artist friends came by.  It was so much fun having people drop by to see my studio and my artwork.

photos taken by Michele Jensen

I had a great time painting and meeting people at the Amador County Fair on Saturday. I enjoyed looking at the art and photos, as always.  Some of my students and friends received well deserved awards.  Congratulations to all!

Watercolor Artists of Sonoma County (www.wascoart.org) was my host in a week long workshop in March, 2009.  For the first day I did a “follow along” portrait class.  There was a large enthusiastic group working that day.  The rest of the week it was “paint your own portrait”.  The individuality expressed was wonderful to see, from expressionism, to realism, to whimsy.  I enjoyed meeting and working with the artists and look forward to another visit to the beautiful Sonoma hills.

WASCO Class

This lovely painting was done in this same class.

From the week in Sonoma here are Mary and I with our paintings