My 2020 Spring Art Sale at my Mourning Dove Studio in Moorhead will be postponed from May 2-3rd to May 23-24th, 2020, depending on Covid-19 restrictions in Minnesota. I am hopeful about keeping my art business up and running through the year. I will be having an online preview sale on this website starting May 1-22nd with curbside delivery or pick up options available within the Fargo-Moorhead area. I may also be able to ship, depending on the size of the artwork. On May 23-24th, God-willing, I will be able to host an open studio with social distancing/sanitation guidelines in place.
Announcing Spring Art Sale Changes
March Workshop Deemed a Success!
March 16-20th, 2020 Beginning Drawing and Watercolor Workshop
This was a week of serious learning, serious laughter, and the creation of new friendships as we were able to have my last workshop before schools were shut down due to Covid-19. We practiced social distancing with our tables apart, hand sanitizer available, and all participants had not been traveling, so I thank God we were able to have this week together. This may be the group that practices more than any other group with social isolation soon to follow for weeks afterward. Life did not get back to normal, so I hope everyone kept their paint brushes wet in the past few weeks. We didn’t have a group picture, so those willing to take a chance standing by me had their photos taken with one of their paintings.Thanks to all of you for your enthusiasm, positive energy, sense of humor, and diligence in practicing!
Top: Suzanne and lighthouse study; Ida and her two studies of the Road Home; Jill and her robin painting; bottom left: Ken and his greyscale design for his mountain painting; Terry and a painting of Johnson Park that she purchased; Alicia and her painting of farmers during fall harvest; Mary and her tulip study; Annette with her final color study of a Palm Springs golf scene and Dorothy with her beginnings of her color study . Missing: Brian C. The last photo is of the beginnings of the artist’s Japanese Tree Peony paintings. They nailed the center of the flower!
Thanks for a fabulous week! I look forward to seeing your progress on our group Facebook page!
January Fargo Workshop Successful!
January- a great time to paint indoors and enjoy the camraderie of other people who love art and want to begin or go to the next level in their creative journey. This described the week spent at NDSCS campus in Fargo, ND, January 6-10th. This is one of my favorite venues because the lighting is superb, everyone gets their own large studio table, and I have great technology hookups so everyone can sit at their own studio table and work interactively as I demonstrate at the front of the room.
I am sharing the process of painting a value study in Payne’s Gray and the progression toward creating a color study.
This is the teaching approach I love- using a document camera to demonstrate each step, then projecting it on a large screen so all can stay seated and work immediately after instructions are given.
Below are the results of the Road Home exercise. Everyone gets the same instructions, yet all have
a unique interpretation that reflects each person’s individual personality and experience.
We created a garden of beautiful Japanese Tree Peonies:
Kim exemplifies his comfort in his own personal “studio”.