 Hello again! Hope all is well where you are. Thanks so much for taking time to read this little update. I'm writing you today from Laguna Beach, California. We are wrapping up a week's vacation here...no painting competitions or exhibitions to participate in this trip...just some nice time to relax after a very busy spring and summer. Being the plein air painter that I am, I just had to bring my paints though and did a couple of small paintings yesterday (see below). I'll be heading out shortly to do one more before we head out tomorrow. Just couldn't come to California and not paint...it's too beautiful here. Hope you enjoy these images and hope they brighten your day!  American Impressionist Society National Juried ExhibitionThe 10th annual AIS National Juried Exhibition opens tomorrow night, Friday October 23rd, at Saks Galleries of Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado. The reception will be held at the gallery, 3019 East 2nd Avenue, Denver, from 5 to 8pm. Quang Ho will be the awarding judge for the show. Quang will also be doing a painting demonstration on Saturday the 24th at 10:30 am, also at the gallery. My painting, "Work Boats", is included in this prestigious exhibit. You can view the entire exhibition online at www.SaksGalleries.com. If you are in the Denver area, I hope you'll stop by and say hi...my husband and I will be there!  "Two For The Road" An Exhibit of New and Recent Work by Debra Groesser and Stan Herd The painting above, "Drama at Sunset" (30x40 oil), is one of my new paintings that will be included in my upcoming exhibit with Kansas artist Stan Herd at SouthWind Gallery in Topeka, Kansas. The show will run from November 14th to December 31st with a reception on Friday, December 4th from 6 to 8:30pm at the gallery. Stan and I will both be showing landscape paintings and I will have a few still life pieces as well. There will be small paintings available which will be perfect for holiday gift giving too! SouthWind Gallery is located at 3074 SW 29th St. in Topeka. For more information, visit www.southwindartgallery.com.  Louisville Art Gallery ExhibitThere's still time to see the exhibit of work by Melissa Husby, Rob Quinn and myself at Louisville Art Gallery. The exhibit ends on November 7th. Louisville Gallery is open on Saturdays and by appointment. Visit www.louisvilleartgallery.com for more information. The next exhibit there will be the Eight Annual Invitational Anniversary Show, which will have a music theme this year. This show will open on November 21st and run through January 2010. I plan to have another new painting finished in time for this one!  Miniature Show at Mountainsong GalleriesMountainsong Galleries will be holding a special Christmas Miniature Show from December 4th to 6th from 10am to 6pm. The miniature works of art range in price from $50 to $995. My painting above, "Sweet Morning, Cottage of Sweets" will be included in this event. Mountainsong Galleries is located in Carmel, California, on Ocean Avenue between San Carlos and Mission. For more information, visit their website at www.mountainsonggalleries.com.  Fine Art Connoisseur and American Art Collector MagazineI'm thrilled that American Art Collector Magazine is including me in another editorial...this time on figurative paintings. This will appear in their December issue. They have included me and my work in articles now every month since July! My painting, "Cypress Breezes", will appear in a full page ad for Mountainsong Galleries in the December issue of Fine Art Connoisseur. The national exposure keeps coming...what a blessing! New Paintings! Here are the two new paintings I did yesterday here in Laguna Beach, California. I didn't have my SLR camera here to photograph the paintings, so will update them on the website when I get home and can get better photos with the "good" camera. I have also included photos of the actual scene to the right of each painting, so you can get an idea of what a beautiful day and beautiful place it was. Enjoy!   Above: "Heisler Park View" 8x10 Oil (just needs a little finish work in the studio when I get home!)   Above: "October Afternoon, Laguna Beach" 8x10 Oil on Linen Panel  Painting Demo on my BlogI posted a quick "demo" of the painting above, "Garrapata Glory", which I painted in California last month near Carmel. If you'd like to see it, just pop over to my website, www.debragroesser.com, and click on the link to my blog on the left side of the home page. The demo is titled "The Process of a Plein Air Painting." I hope you enjoy seeing the process! As always, thanks again so much for taking time to read this and for your continued support and encouragement. Until our next visit, here's sending you some California sunshine...I wish you and yours all the best! Blessings, Debra Joy Groesser |