Spring 2016 Events

Just home form the Southeastern Plein Air Invitational in Gadsden, AL. that was March 28- April 1, 2016.  Here are some photos from there:

Photo credit John Billingsley

Upcoming this week...

This week I'm headed to the Women Painters of the Southeast's show in Abingdon, Virginia to be the awards judge for the annual exhibition there at Art Depot. Looking forward to seeing the works selected for this show for the first time! There will be over $10,000 in awards to be given out I hear- so I'm very excited and truly honored to serve this year.

You are invited....

I will be doing a painting demo on Saturday, April 9th the morning before the awards show. Hope you can come!

Dot Courson is our Judge this year and will be doing a demo/talk on Saturday morning, 4/9 at 9am. Those interested please contact Susan Yates at 276 628-9091 to sign up. Reservations required. The fee for the demo is $50. 

Recent Studio Work...

Here is my last commissioned painting done for a hunting lodge on the Mississippi River. 

36 x 48 commission  Oil ©2016| Dot Courson| 

Detail ©Dot Courson

Finally...Need a beautiful kitten?

Dali -the new mom! We plan to keep her but her babies need a new home!

 Dali was a stray- a BEAUTIFUL and sweet.... and on March 11th we got a surprise! 

4 FREE KITTENS! 

Emial me if you need a kitten--- or a painting: artist@dotcourson.com

Packing for Plein Air Trip

I'm headed to Gadsden Alabama to the Southeastern Plein Air Invitational all next week. This is my third year and I'm so happy to go back.
This is really beautiful country. Here is a painting I did of a scene from there that is on the cover of my book, Small Places: Landscapes of the South. :

We paint out all week and the public is invited to come to the Gadsden Museum to buy these works on Friday night. I have blogged about it before here and also here.

Here is what I'm packing as far as frames and canvas. Words are included in the photos, but you get the idea anyway:

And what I'm leaving behind as I go on this trip:  here below with Jackie, is my dog Cane that we adopted from there two years ago. He's saying home with Daddy and won't be coming back to Alabama anytime soon!