Thursday 5th February 2009 - Ray Vinella, superstar!

Another Wednesday class with Ray Vinella. I've told him that I write a blog about my painting but it took a mutual friend, Jan Mellor, to tell him that I write about my Thursday lessons on the blog for him to ask me about it! Here is a photo of Ray and I at this morning's group along with a portrait I painted of him a year and a half ago.



In this week's class i finished off this evening painting of the Plaza with the pretty twinkle lights in the trees in front of Ogelvie's and painted this scene of the main road through Taos with fresh snow and Taos Mountain behind. The red sign on the building on the right is Jan Mellor's gallery - the Taos Gallery.



Late Night Shopping on the Plaza - 12 x 12" - oil on canvas panel - $575
Beautiful Downtown Taos - 12 x 12" - oil on canvas panel - $575

Tuesday 7th October 2008 - Golden trees

Jane and I went plein aire painting near a friend's house in Valle Escondido as she had told us that the trees next to the pond were in full autumn colour. We ran out of time so this one is so far unfinished.

Valle Escondido - 20 x 20" - oil on canvas - unfinished

Thursday 12th June 2008 - Ray Vinella's class

My third class with Ray Vinella. I took these photographs over the weekend on my trip to Colorado; the evening sun on the mountains behind the big stage for the chilli cook-off and beer fest in Snowmass Village and the aspens taken from Independence Pass.

I'm really enjoying the class and I'm happy with the results so far. Ray really is a great teacher and we also have a lot of fun.

Evening light at Snowmass Village - oil on canvas - 10 x 20" - $600

Aspens from Independence Pass - oil on canvas - 14 x 11" - $475