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"Where are your cyprus trees located?" asked one admirer. The ARTichoke gallery was wall-to-wall with folks last night. "Is that looming cloud piece from New Mexico?" asked another. A mother and daughter strolled by. The middle schooler said she was eying the dark green trees in Sillin Creek. "That one," she pointed with her arm.

Around the corner painter Jim Love told me about a backpack excursion he took in Wyoming at a Scott Christiansen workshop. We shared painting experiences.

My friend, watercolorist and collector David Dearmond, was impressed with the framing. He thought the works have been raised a knotch because of them. His advice has been valuable to me over the years.

A fellow photographer came by my booth after circulating around the gallery. It was the simplicity that brought her back. Many painters do not know when to stop painting, she said. As photographers, I mused, we find ourselves drawn to scenes with certain criteria. A lot of decisions occur to make our photos happen. The difference with painting was that some details have to be left out.

Blue Shadow Crosses Country Road
10 x 7 Acrylic on panel SOLD

A new collector shook my hand and made his purchase.

(Thanks to Joe Tonnar for taking these photos.)