Tortola, BVI

The Arnsons, of Bittinger Maryland, spent a week on the island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.   It was a wonderful week of reading, beaching, napping, etc.    I actually did a little painting and a lot of drawing, which is not what I usually do on vacation.   Tortola is a wonderfully quiet, beautiful island.   It is a 50 minute ferry ride from St Thomas in the USVI.  
We returned to LOTS of snow and white.

We visited "The Baths" on the island of Virgin Gorda.  It was a "wow" experience.

Sunset from our resort which is named

 "Fort Recovery".

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Student Show at Garrett County Arts Council

The Backroom of the Garrett County Arts Council Gallery is featuring the work of students from the middle and high schools of Garrett County.    The work is just wonderful and great fun to see.    If you get a chance and are in Oakland, Maryland drop by 206 E Alder Street to see this show.   

New Hanging at Garrett County Arts Council

Monday, January 17, 2011 is the first hanging of the year at the Garrett County Arts Council's main gallery at 206 E Alder Street in Oakland Maryland.  This is one of my contributions.

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watercolor monoprints

It is snowing in Garrett County Maryland and so I retreat to my studio.   One of my goals for the winter is to learn how to make monoprints with watercolors.   If I can figure that out and produce some good stuff (that is the BIG question) then I can enter a monoprint in the Western Maryland Watercolor Society show in June.
That is my ultimate goal.   But first, I have to figure out the technique.    Here are a couple of samples of my first attempts.

Both of these are 4"x6" watercolor monoprints, taken off a plexiglass.

I sure have had a fun afternoon playing with this technique.

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