Painting in the California desert

I joined some local artists at Whitewater Preserve. This is Terry Masters, a terrific desert artist.

 Sunnylands, a West Coast 'Camp David', invited artists to paint one day when it was closed to the public. This is an agave painting that I did there.

 Another small painting of some friends on the beautiful South Course of Ironwood.

A small desertscape (colours too bright in the photo I think) The desert colours are warm and very muted. So different from our BC Coast palette.

My outdoor studio under the orange tree. Delightful except when a large orange fell on the palette and sounded like a gun shot! 

I did some larger starts and will use my photos to complete them in the next few months.