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Announcing A New Workshop in California

7/10/2014 3:20:25 AM

  "California has been my home for nearly half of my life, and I have spent the majority of the time in San Diego.  California's southernmost city holds a special place in my heart, for it was here that I made a life-giving career change and became a full-time painter.  The abundant beauty of my 'adopted' home has been the inspiration for many watercolor scenes since I started painting in 2005.  Thanks to San Diego's mild climate, I have become an avid plein-air painter and quite often I can be found traipsing its nooks and crannies on a quest for [...]

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The Land of Smiles, Thai Landscape Paintings

7/1/2014 11:03:40 PM

  While I am on the road teaching or for an exhibition, there is something I try to do whenever I can find a little free time.  That is going to a non-touristy, ordinary neighborhood where local people live.  Even for a very short time, I like and enjoy "living like a local," walking on the same street, smelling the same smell, shopping in the same market, visiting the same park with people that live there...  In such a place, especially in a non-English-speaking country, it is expected that only a local language is being heard.   I must admit that I would rather [...]

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