Black Mountain Sparkle

Black Mountain Sparkle__8x10 oil on canvas___Available vvaughan8@yahoo.com

Another night on the Conejos River in southern Colorado....There is a special way I approach painting at night. Actually I have SEVERAL approaches, and I am incorporating these lessons into my current workshop theme. Each workshop includes at least ONE evening paintout, which starts before sundown. See the partial list below, and keep in touch, because I am finalizing details on a few of these SOON!

Here are some locations for a few of my workshops. email me if you want more info on any of these...

And here is a link to a SPECIAL ONE.

I can't wait to see the water go down the drain BACKWARDS there!

July-August ___weekly__Austin___ "Chocolates and Chiaroscuro" 

Sept. 15, 2012___Salado TX

2013___New York City, Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania...

2014___February 23-March 1___New Zealand

**BE SURE to tell me if you sign up! I like to send things to my students to get them ready, keep them "seeing", and thinking, and talking about it!

Irish North Star

Irish North Star__6x8 oil on linen panel___a commission
Here is one that is similar to others I have painted in Colorado...But this one is on its way to Ireland, I think!
Last night I did a demonstration for an art group in Fredericksburg, TX....Many of those artists follow my blog, so I am letting them know that I FINISHED the big one I started with them...y'all tune in tomorrow to see it! I THINK I am pleased with it, but we'll see tomorrow!
I have a few other demos and workshops coming this month and next. See my web site schedule page for details.

Luz de Espada_16 x 20__old, so it's SOLD

"Luz de Espada"____16 x 20 oil on linen...painted in 2005 0r 2006, so it's long gone...
All my little mission studies this week stirred up conversation with blogger fans of the San Antonio Missions. One friend said her favorite mission is Espada. It is one of the two at the south end of the Mission Trail and sometimes gets overlooked, because most visitors start at the north. I painted Espada a few years ago, so I dug up this photo to share. This was a larger work, 16 x 20 but was derived from a study like the ones I posted last week.