COCHRANE EAGLE READER'S CHOICE AWARDS


BEST OF COCHRANE Gold Award for Best Artis


 



After the interview with Cochrane Eagle reporter Kate McMackin she just had to fix my painting.Thanks Kate

Still life workshop with Liz Wiltzen

This was a weekend of extremes: Extreme mountain weather - extreme learning and extreme frustration trying to apply that learning!  

    
Liz Wiltzen doing a demo for the class. She set up 3 vine tomatoes on a near cadmium orange cloth. Strong directional light illuminated the reds and oranges and cast deep shadows. Liz is a phenomenal teacher and coach and an exquisite painter... and she's right here in our back yard!
    

 The finished painting. No more than 1 hour.













BEST OF COCHRANE...


The Cochrane Eagle - one of our local newspapers ran a BEST OF COCHRANE survey for a number of weeks earlier this year. Readers were asked to vote for the “BEST OF” in 80 categories with gold, silver and bronze going to the respective winners in each category. 
Whatchaknow, I struck gold in the BEST ARTIST category! Awards event at Killarney's Cochrane (Cochrane Golf Club) on April 24th! 


If you voted for me THANKS MATES!


"KIMBERLY" as her mother calls her

"KIMBERLY" as her mother calls her 11x10, Oil on Canvas

When Kim moved back to Alberta with her husband, she helped out at her mom's art store, Cochrane Arts Central where I teach. Super nice person - and smart too. I really enjoyed doing this little portrait.

PLEIN AIR, FRESH AIR & COFFEE!

Coffee in one hand, brush in the other; God’s back yard – I’ll NEVER take any of this for granted!
Spent much of yesterday on friend Hamish Kerfoot’s place - Providence Ranch North West of Cochrane. Thanks mate!