My plein air week in Borrego Springs turned out to be fun and successful! Even though the weather was on its warmer side, all of us had painted a storm of great paintings with so many of them sold! The color of the mountains and flowers are so beautiful, expecially in early morning and during sun set. I wish I could manage to paint more. To see a few of what I painted in this event, go to my Borrego Springs Plein Air Paintings collection under Art Works on this website.

The Anza-Borrego Desert Park camp ground is a beautiful place to camp which made my stay very pleasant! I even painted a few just from where I camped.

The other fun part of this event is meeting other artists. I found this very rewarding! Here are my two artist Amigos David on the left and Paul on the right! We had so much fun painting in the canyon and driving around scouting the area. The experience is like what Paul said " A Blast!!"

Looking forward to this event next week.
It should be a beautiful place to paint because all the recent rain storms. The flowers must be blooming....
Also, I will camp with our little RV at the State Park, so I will be experiencing the kind of 'primitive' way of painting in plein aire. Well, not! Compare to those who hike to the mountains on horse back, mine is nothing! But to me, it is a new adventure!

Holidays are upon us!
I found it hard to concentrate on painting under many social engagements...
I will, however, try to paint if possible during my visit again in Colorado for Christmas!
Wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

It was a fun little painting trip to Santa Catalina Island. We rented a little golf car driving all over the island. Upon this location up in the mountain, I had this view and decided that I have to paint it. It is a little bit challenge to test my ability to simplify the scene and focus on the most important visual elements to create an impact.

I painted this little study last Sunday (Nov. 16th, 2008) when we had the six fires burning in the Los Angeles area. As you can see from this painting the reddish cloud hanging over the distance horizon from Santa Catalina Island.

It is very sad that lots of people lost their homes and belongings. Our hearts and prayers are with them.

Here is me posing for a fellow artist Stanka.

In August, I attended a plein air workshop conducted by a great plein air painter Xiang-yuan Jie. here is the link to his works

http://www.jiestudio.com/subpage.html

On the left is a study ( The Aspens 10 x 8 inches) I did with Jie' magic touches.

And here is the finished version of the demo of Francis - the 93-year old model - super model!

It was another fun event for me! This is after the demo. Francis - the 93 year old great model, the finished portrait, and me.

Here I am painting my 2nd piece of Sunday Farmer's Market near the clock tower under a nice shade at the event.

Here at the show with the master painter, last year's best of show winner Michael Situ, and 1st place of quick draw painter Alfred Tse and Michael's beautiful painting!