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Excited to be headed to the 44th Annual Dickens Christmas Show and Festival. Join us Nov. 13-16 in Myrtle Beach, SC at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. I will have original artwork, prints, and gift sets available at booth 73. There will be 400+ other vendors as well, so this is a big show.

We went down to Georgetown, SC to do an art walk. During a walk on the Historic Waterfront board walk, we came across the Coastal Explorer. It is a research vessel for the Gupta College of Science at Coastal Carolina University. It made for a good photo reference and I am almost finished with my pastel painting. Explorere at Rest - 19 x 25 on pastel paper. This will be framed out to 24 x 36. The original and prints will be available.

This weekend was a welcome change. Our local area has been inundated with smoke from forest fires, so it has not been the best time to be outside painting. Meanwhile, I was invited down to do some Plein Air painting in a home garden in Charleston, SC. The Garden Club of Charleson was having their 89th Home and Garden Tour. They had asked some Fine Artist and Musicians to come out and be part of the event. The weather was nice, the flowers were blooming, and it was a great day of painting and interacting with garden enthusiast. A big thanks goes out to The Garden Club of Charleston, Inc. for organizing the event and inviting artist to participate.
Painting en plein air has been a relatively new experience for me. Most of my pastel painting has been done at the easel in the studio. They have been based on photos and memories of times and places. After getting, my painting setup together and completing a couple of plein air paintings it is definitely something I plan to be doing more of. Now I just need locate the next great locations to paint.

When I work on the smaller cards I exaggerate some of the florals and other details. Kind of like making a characiture of the key parts. This is a 2.5 inch x 3.5 inch card in soft pastel. Blending on watercolor paper gives a different look than some of the other papers I've used for this.