Blown Away at Mussel Rock

The super high wind conditions that occasioned the PG&E blackout in the Bay Area came whooshing through us at Mussel Rock Park today. Blew half of us into painting in our cars, which were rocking in the gusts!

I got two anyway: Watercolor of the cliffs, pastel of the hillside.

You CAN go home again!

Took a rare trip back to NY and spent 4 days wandering the Catskills in the peak fall foliage season. Always beautiful scenery and very peaceful. Not the Borscht Belt anymore, but still very much the Catskills.

Painted 3, all ink & watercolor on paper. First of woodland pond by memory, second live at Stone Arches Bridge Park, last from photo of farm scene near Callicoon & Roscoe, NY.

Portola Vineyards

Lovely day with the crew painting at one of our favorites, Portola Vineyards. I snagged two: a pastel of the vines and a small watercolor of the edging of the pond.