I am happy to say that I am feeling better now! Since last January and up until just a few weeks ago I was dealing with a variety of serious health issues and going back and forth to the VA hospital to literally keep me alive. I am very grateful for Karen and the VA to helping me get better.
I am getting more work done in the studio and hoping to get out more in the next coming months. I want to thank all of you that gave me their support in that difficult time.
Some good news is that I was able to enter some shows and actually participated in a local Plein Air Event in Edmonds last month..had not painted out for some time and thought that I would be a bit rusty..and I sure was right..I was not happy with what I did..somehow managed an honorable mention...but nothing I did, was up to my standards.
I continue to have my regular Wednesday Morning Class every week that is now open with a couple of spaces left and also starting up a weekly evening class for those who can't attend the daytime class. Just send me an email at nedmueller06@comcast.net if you're interested.I limit these classes to ten people. I also have a few other workshops listed on my website: www.nedmueller.com
I did get a couple of awards, one with the image on the top right above got a third place in our Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists "Great Northwest Exhibition" at the Matzke Gallery on Camano Island.
I am most honored to have my painting "Summer's Roses",[top left above] that I did plein air some years ago...it is in our Plein Air Painters of America's Exhibition, "35 years Outdoors". It is at the Booth Museum Cartersville, Georgia from October 20th to February 26th 2023. It is one of the very best exhibition of landscape Art that I have ever been part of and I have been part of a lot of them over my 82 years! I urge you to check the show out..the images have not been posted yet, but hopefully soon. a lot of the images can be seen on Plein Air Painters of America facebook page. I am the only one with a figure painting..but it was the best plein air painting that I had at the time.
Next important thing is that I am finally going to be able to have my successful annual, [biannually this year] online drawing and small painting sale.
We are trying to get it put together just before Thanksgiving. I will have about 30 drawings for sale and 15 small paintings..all moderately priced and unframed. I hope you can join us then and many thanks to those of you have supported us in the past! There will be drawings like the one below that I just did of Karen painting in our front yard! I loved the abstract shadow patterns falling on her from the hanging Cedar tree branches.
Last, but not least I will be doing a Portrait Drawing Demo in the upcoming Realism Live forum that includes 27 of the very best traditional Artists in the country also doing great demonstrations on November 10th, 11th and 12th. An opportunity for one to be inspired and educated by all the great presentations.
I almost forgot that I will have a free presentation and demo of my boat paintings sometime around Thanksgiving. It will be a Zoom presentation through our PRIMA group-Pacific Rim Institute of Marine Artist-an opportunity to see my painting process and ask questions. I will let everyone know thru this newsletter and on facebook and instagram.
That seems to be it for now..Hope you are enjoying these newsletters and would love to hear from any of you with questions or advice that you might have. I want to thank all of you for your interest and support thru all of these years..we are so very grateful!
