field paintings en plein air

Classes-Events-Art Shows I teach painting techniques to capture the processes of Landscape. Beginner to advanced students welcome in all classes. Express the elements: shapes, values, colors, and brushwork. I demonstrate each class and give insightful critiques and painting evaluations.

Upcoming Events

Slideshow and talk in the Phoenix area, February 2, 3rd & 4th, 2010.
Arizona Outdoor Hiking Club Phoenix, Feb 2 www.azotc.com
REI Stores Feb 3 & 4th, Paradise Valley and Tempe, www.rei.com/map/store#AZ

Hiking the Colorado Trail & Body-floating the Barranco del Cobra, Mexico
Joan will show slides of her oil paintings inspired from these challenging adventures. The Colorado Trail is 500 miles; Joan completed it for her 50th birthday in 50 days and will also exhibit her watercolors painted on the trail, from Denver to Durango, Colorado along with original oils.The Rio Urique cuts through the Barranco del Cobre canyon of Copper Canyon- a maze of five river systems creating the “Grand Canyon” of Mexico. For 60 some miles and eleven days, Joan body-floated this roadless, remote and wild river from outside the town of Creel to the town of Urique, 6,000 feet below the mesa rim. This is home to the Tarahumara/Raramuri(he who walks well) Indians.

Art Shows

Loana Art Gallery, Kentucky St, Petaluma CA Nov 3-Dec 31, 2009
The Nature Center, The Nature Conservancy’s Carpenter Ranch, Hayden CO Nov 15th 1-4pm
American Art Collector juried Art Competition of New York, 2009 Collector’s Book

Classes

Petaluma, CA
Wednesday drop-in 2-5pm
Friday drop-in 9am-11am

Steamboat Springs, CO 
November 13th, 14th, & 15th drop-in 9am-noon and 1-4pm

Workshops - dates to be announced

Bluff or Escalante, Utah
Murie Center, Moose WY
Zapata Ranch, Great Sand Dunes, CO