"Plein Air Painting" exhibit at Golden West College

I was honored to be asked to submit paintings for the first "Plein Air Painting" exhibit at Golden West College Fine Art Gallery in Huntington Beach, California. It was a pleasure to work with Darrel Ebert, curator. Below are the pieces I had in the exhibit.

"Sandy River Bend" by Gretha Lindwood, 12"x9" plein air pastel painting 

"Day at the River" by Gretha Lindwood, 9"x12" plein air pastel painting

"Clear Path" by Gretha Lindwood, 9"x6" plein air pastel painting - SOLD

"Tranquility" by Gretha Lindwood, 6"x18" plein air pastel painting

More Paintings from Laguna Beach

"104° in the Shade", 12"x12" plein air pastel, 

Top of the World, Laguna Beach

"Goldenbush and Buckwheat", 12"x12" plein air pastel, 

Laguna Canyon, Laguna Beach - SOLD

"Another Shortcut", 9"x12" plein air pastel, 

Heisler Park, Laguna Beach

"On the Edge", 9"x12" plein air pastel, 

Heisler Park, Laguna Beach

13th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational

I am honored and pleased as punch to be part of the 13th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational. Here are a few images from the first day.

Dressed and ready to put pastel to paper in the 2-hour Quick Draw which was the kick-off for the week.

A small bit of Heisler Park right by the Laguna Beach Art Museum, and the location for the Quick Draw.

"Shortcut", my 9"x12" plein air painting from the Quick Draw - SOLD.

Studio Piece

"Harlösa Moln", 12"x12" pastel piece from the studio

Grey skies threatened to pour all day long and kept me, a pastel artist, indoors. Here's a piece I did indicating a bit of today's sky-show. The clouds were on the move at a fast clip to create ever changing entertainment.

Greetings from Harlösa

First pastel painting from Harlösa, 9x12"

Haven't had easy access to the internet for a while so I apologize for the lack of posts. I also hesitate to post images of paintings from this trip because they need a little tweaking (and they will get it) but here the first painting I did here along one of our little hiking trails in town. I'm posting it only because I don't know when I'll have internet access again. Oh, and did I mention the weather? Well, it has been cold, grey, windy and raining for much of my time here. Everyone says they've not had such bad summer weather in about 35 years so it's usually much nicer here in summer.

Eel Lake Revisited as Demonstration Painting

The Quiet Side of Eel Lake, oil, gallery painting, 9"x12"

I did this as a demonstration this morning at Beaverton's Art On Broadway Gallery during "Breakfast in the Gallery." What fun! Painting and chatting with guests of the gallery during the monthly continental breakfast. If you compare this piece with the pastel version of this view you'll see I used a different color palette. (Please excuse the glare in the upper right hand corner)

It's good to get out and PAINT!

Lake Passage, plein air pastel painting, 6"x12"

Painted on the way home from Coos Art Museum Expressions West 2011 after attending the artist reception. It was one of the first sunny days in April and I'd been champing at the bit to get out to paint when hubby, Walt, was kind enough to pull off the highway at a beautiful spot called Eel Lake. I promised to paint for only an hour (well, okay it was closer to one and a quarter hours) where I knocked out this little piece. I loved that lake and want to paint there again!