Art Walk is coming up

Art Walk is June 3rd....just 4 days from now! I will have a full studio, with new works hanging, plus some paintings coming back to me from Betty Spaghetti restaurant. It will be a busy week of prepping, plus it's my last week of school and grades are due! Can't wait to have time for some serious plein air painting!!

Playing with watercolors

The last couple of months of school are crazy busy, so I have mainly been painting watercolor sketches.

Spring Clouds

This is a painting of a view in Duncan's Mills (done from my memory of a day when the sky was a sort of stormy blue-gray).

Tools

Art Walk fun

Had a great Art Walk on April 1st at 

Kuhr-Norris Studio & Gallery. Lots of people came to celebrate & buy art!

1st Friday Art Walk on April 1st

In addition to showing new works by Suzy Kuhr and myself, this month we are featuring the art of Mary McDaniel of Healdsburg. Expecting a festive evening!

Plein Air Morning

Spent a beautiful morning doing plein air work in Armstrong Woods with my friend and amazing artist Douglas DeVivo of The Blue Door Gallery in Guerneville. Douglas worked on plein air collages and I painted. As always, the tranquility of nature provided perfect inspiration.

Work in progress

"Stormy Sky" 10 in. by 10 in. on cradled wood panel. 

"River Watch" finished & sold!

I loved painting this photo of the Monte Rio bridge. The reference photo was taken by my dear friend, Steve Pedersen. It sold to another dear friend from San Francisco.

Coastal Beauty

Started two new paintings on the coast this week. It was a perfect day for plein air painting!

Finished & Sold

Added just a few more details after this photo was taken (to add more of a feeling of light). It sold right away 😊

In progress

"Spring Clouds Roll In" (Duncan's Mills)

Guerneville Galleries

Thrilled to have our Studio-Gallery included in this article!

http://russianriverlandandhome.com/inspiring-art-galleries-on-the-russian-river/

Work in Progress

Working on a painting of Tomales Bay, one of my most favorite places.

Tomales Bay

Celebrated the new year with one of our favorite rituals...an excursion to Tomales Bay to eat oysters & paint. It was beautiful, but quite cold this year, so after our oyster feast we found an indoor spot to paint (at Gourmet Au Bay in Bodega Bay).

Bodega Bay

Lola & I enjoyed a wonderful painting excursion to nearby Bodega Bay one day. Too cold to paint outside, so we found a room with a view (and champagne) at Gourmet Au Bay.

Happy New Year!

Here's to a creative 2016!

Studio time!

On vacation from school....so I have time to spend in my studio!

Lola in the studio!

Photo makes studio space look more cramped than it is....Lola & I had a great time painting there today!

Studio time!

My friend Lola is visiting from Spain and I am on winter break from school, so we got to paint in the studio today!

In progress

Photo is too dark, but this is a painting I am working on. Trying to capture the soft light that was on the coast that day.

Holiday Art Walk December 4th

Jan Salisbury metal & stone works

Holiday Season at the Gallery

Painting & Laundry

Today I worked a bit on 2 paintings I started en plein air a few months ago. I couldn't finish them then because I was with my old dog and he was extremely restless that day. I hope to finish them this week.