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Friday, June 6, 2008

Dallas Arboretum Paintout

Arboretum Afternoon, 11X14, Oil on Linen

The Inspiration for Arboretum Afternoon

In May painters from around the region set up their easels at the Dallas Arboretum for the first annual Paintout there. I'll have a series of paintings from the Arboretum on my web site soon, and I'll have works at the Dallas Arboretum Artscape in September.

Early May is the perfect time to visit the Arboretum, while the blooms are in high season and the sun hasn't remembered it should be baking us to a crisp yet. I met some fellow artists at the Arboretum and really enjoyed painting outdoors for the first time in that setting. No pugs assisting on this one, just the squirrels and an occasional butterfly.

2 comments:

Archie and Melissa said...

Hi Nancy!
You are amazing. You are so prolific and all of them are gorgeous. Wow!
Hug the little assistants for me!
m & e

Unknown said...

Thank you Melissa - I have to run over to your blog and see what you have been working on today!
I will hug all three of the piggypugs for you. Please give Emmitt a kiss on his little nose shelf.
xxoo
n and the pees