• SHOW: Tiny

    Studio Gallery 1641 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Blurb from the gallery owners, Jennifer and Rab - We are just delighted to present tiny, our annual small works exhibit.  The show is in its 14th year, and, to our amazement, is even bigger this year!  We have work from over 200 local artists in a variety of media.  Everything is under 7" x 7" and under...

  • SHOW: CWA 49th National Exhibit Reception

    Juror Ian Stewart and Awards' juror Karen Frey have done the hardwork of filtering 100's of entries down to 75 watercolor paintings. Many of these paintings are from internationally well known artists. Therefore, it's an honor that 'Roof under my Head' won the HK Holbein/American Frame Award among the esteemed company. The reception is January...

  • Members Show, SCVWS

    JCC Los Gatos 14855 Oka Road, Saratoga, CA, United States

    Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society is holding its 51st annual awards exhibit at the Adison Penzak JCC in Los Gatos. Reception and awards ceremony is March 17, 11:30am - 2:30pm...

    Free
  • Exhibit in San Ramon: Autumn’s Allure

    San Ramon City Hall 7000 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA, United States

    California Watercolor Association has a member show at San Ramon City Hall. We have about 50 watercolor paintings hung in the light filled lobby of this new building. David Broad...

    Free
  • Exhibit in Canada: 94th Open Water Show

    Leighton Art Center 282027 144 Street West, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Canadian Society of Painters of Water Colours runs its 94th Annual Open Water Juried show in Calgary. If you are in the area, check it out!  

    Free

Stash of Palettes

I get asked about my palette very often. Here are the details along with cheaper, lighter options....

Mentoring Blueprint

Story of mentoring 5 artists (who I have not met before) remotely over 3 months. If it works, then this becomes the blueprint one replicate in future with lesser planning...

Packing List

This is a packing list that can fit travel of multiple weeks as long as washing every 7-9 days is possible. I used this list for Summer 2022 when I...

(Moderate) Fall Colors 2022

Day 0, Sept 29 Flying from San Francisco to Boston, bus to South Station, rental car to Bar Harbor, reached at 12:15am. Long day which began at 5 am. Thankfully,...

Blue hour and Sulphur Bulbs

The boys and I went to a local Mexican restaurant on a weekday and saw this view towards the gas station. The sky was more gloomy than my rendition. However,...

#30x30directwatercolor 2022

2022 is the fifth year of Direct Watercolor Challenge – a challenge that Marc Taro Holmes ideated and both he and I have conducted+participated in. Marc and I will co-host the #directwatercolor2022...

BOOK REVIEW 3: Dream Worlds

What was the main purpose of my purchase of this book? To revitalize my brain to think like a camera man while I composed pictures. The author’s aim is to...

Backlit flowers

Darkening by mixing thick pigments is making my nocturnes lose the luminance that watercolors have. Ultimately I am coming to the conclusion that using pigments that are inherently dull and...

Protected: Ex 1.2

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Goals for 2022

Some years, my goals repeat. I often repeat them because I have not figured out how to execute them. Follow-through is not hard for my personality type if a step-by-step...
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