Saturday, May 19, 2012


It was a fantastic day for painting at the Gyp Hills outside of Medicine Lodge, KS. There was no wind and the temperature in the morning was in the 60's warming up to the lower 90's. Several people from Wichita area came to paint with me in the wildflowers of early summer. My paintings show the Gyp Hills and a farm pond of the area. We spent about 2 hours at each location and then traveled to the small town of Sun City to eat at the famous Bar and Grill of Buster's. Then when the painting sessions were over we went to Caroline Norton's studio in Medicine Lodge for a critique of all the paintings. What a way to wrap up a perfect day with Plein air painting friends.

On April 28, 2012, I  traveled to Topeka, KS to paint plein air for the Topeka Paint Out sponsored by the Southwind Gallery of Topeka. There were over 50 artists painting through out Topeka. We were to paint anything that we thought represented Topeka. I went to the Ward Meade park to paint the historical residence and in the afternoon I traveled to Ensley Gardens to paint the gazebo near a small run off.