Author: Michele

Visit the Pacific Grove Art Center at 568 Lighthouse Ave in Pacific Grove to see 2 exhibitions of works of art from members of the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association (MBPAPA.) July 7 through August 24:  “Light and Shadow” – This is the final week of the juried Signature … Read More

June 1 – June 30, 2023 Reception: Friday June 2, 2023 5pm – 8pm This year, I was fortunate to be invited to exhibit at the Homeless Garden Project Store at 1338 Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz , between Church and Walnut street. Read about this important Project here. This … Read More

For over ten years, I have enjoyed 4 straight days of painting on the Big Sur Coast in the company of 8 other artists – we share meals, art books, and favorite sites. During these four days, I paint like a fiend as there are no other responsibilities. Staying overnight … Read More

For myself, and for many other painters, learning to express ourselves with brushes and paint is a lifelong learning process. I am convinced that the more time one spends painting, the better one’s results are, and the greater the satisfaction working at painting can be. I have found instruction in … Read More

Joining and participating in art clubs is a great way of adding a social element to the lives of painters like myself whose work is inherently a solitary activity. I not only get to enjoy socializing with great people with interests like my own, but I also get to learn … Read More

I want to offer discussion of some overlapping terms often used in describing an artist’s method of creating a painting, and which describe some of my own processes. These and other topics will be discussed in a class series providing instruction in painting which I will be teaching early in … Read More

September 2 through October 27 Visit the Pacific Grove Art Center on Lighthouse Avenue to see fine works of art from members of the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association (MBPAPA.) The exhibit will open on September 2 and run through October 27. The exhibit will be in the large … Read More

Half Moon Bay’s Coastal Art League will present paintings of the Santa Cruz Oil Painters (SCOP) in oil, acrylic, and pastel. In the fall of 2001, a small group of oil painters gathered to find a way to support each other in our artistic endeavors, and formed SCOP. Today the … Read More

  I’m excited to once again be offering painting classes, my first offerings in over two years. I’m offering a 5-class series in landscape painting this spring. Classes will be held in my Soquel studio on Thursday mornings 9-12 noon, April 14, 21, 28, May 12, 19. Series price is … Read More

I am exciting to announce that I’ll be  participating in an outdoor art festival for the first time in over 2 years. The event will take place in Paso Robles, CA. This is the first time I’ll be exhibiting at this annual event. The Paso Robles Art in the Park … Read More

RBlitzer Gallery The Santa Cruz Visual Arts Network, a project by the Santa Cruz County Arts Council, is sponsoring a tri-gallery exhibit. The name of the exhibition is “This is Now.” Several of my vineyard plein air paintings, each completed within the last two years, are at the R.Blitzer Gallery … Read More

Looking for safe fun this Labor Day Weekend? Here’s an idea. Visit a Virtual Art Fair, by yourself or along with friends or family, “together” while apart. Kings Mountain Art Fair is one of the premier outdoor Art Fairs in the Western US. This volunteer run, not for profit event … Read More

I recently read my California Art Club Newsletter containing a tribute to Richard Schmid, who passed on earlier this year. He was a great artist who mentored many of today’s traditional painters. I watched him paint a portrait from life at one of the Plein Air conventions years ago. It … Read More