NANCY STANDLEE- THE ART OF THE JOURNAL CLASS

I am so excited that Nancy Standlee, one of my real art heroes, is going to give 2 bakc to back classes here on the art of the journal. You have GOT to look at her blog page

http://www.nancystandlee.blogspot.com/

and you'll see why I'm so excited.

We had orginally planned on giving one class, with a limit of 8 students on July 23 - 25. But after sending out the information, it lookslike that will fill so fast that I've talked Nancy into giving another class July 19 - 21.

The cost for either of these classes is very affordable at $225.00 plus the cost of lodging.

ME AND MY BOYS

THIS IS A PAINTING THAT I JUST FINISHED. IT IS TITLED "ME AND MY BOYS".

I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW IT TO THEM AND SEE THEIR REACTION.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

This 36 x 36 is my most recent painting

and I love it! A friend of mine, Connie Michaels, gave me the idea when she mentioned that a friend of hers had a daughter getting married in pink cowboy boots!!!!! I thought, "if I ever get married again, I'm wearing pink cowboy boots!" And thus the painting began

painting by Qiang Huang

Here is one of the demos Qiang Huang painted during our workshop this past week. Isn't it stunning?

JUDY CROWE WORKSHOP COMING UP

Judy Crowe is teaching a 3 day class May 18 - 20. The wildflowers are stunning right now, and the cactus will most likely be in full bloom.

I'm posting a photo of the spring flowers blooming righ tnow

one more

So, ok. Maybe I'm having trouble downloading more than one painting at a time.

That's ok with me. I'm into a "let's chill out and go with the flow" mode.

Thats so much better than obssessing with every little detail.

The Bunkhouse is all ready to go for Vickiy McMurry's class and so I have the day to enjoy!

And these wildflowers on the ranch are amazing right now. It's so hard to believe that we wree in such an awful drought last year. Our creek has never gone dry, but last summer, it very nearly did.

more new works

Here are 2 other new paintings. Still to be named. So if you have any ideas, feel free to speak up.