Merced Mirror in online gallery

Just got a nice note from Shelley Macdonald letting me know she has featured my "Merced Mirror" print in her online gallery titled The Sierras on My Mind. Thanks Shelley! It's nice to get feedback. The Sierras are on my mind too... :)

Featured on ImageKind today!

I just found out I am one of the featured member artists today on the ImageKind home page! Check it out!  This is my "Big Tujunga Canyon" print.

Plein Air Painting

This summer I have been enjoying a class I'm taking at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art--not in figurative art, but in Plein Air Landscape Painting. We have been meeting at various paintable spots around the Los Angeles area, such as Malibu, Pasadena, etc. Our instructor is Rob Sherrill, whose work I like very much. He's a great teacher, too. Completing a painting in one 4-hour sitting is not easy, and it has been a great learning experience. You really have to go for it and not get bogged down in minute details, which can be a challenge for me.

Here's my morning's work at El Matador State Beach in Malibu:

DeniseBrownArt.com

I'm happy to announce my new website, which I created just for my traditional fine art (i.e., no photography or prints available). I was lucky enough to be able to secure the domain denisebrownart.com. Surprisingly, it was still available! It was hard work, as I had to figure it all out myself, but I like the finished product, as I hope you do. Please comment with any suggestions.

My feeling is that artist's websites are replacing traditional galleries in many instances, so this will serve as my virtual gallery.