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During
the months of January and February he painted in Texas where it was a
little warmer.
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Then in
March he was drawn to Arizona.
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The
spring flowers in the Texas Hill Country was like a magnet pulling him
back to Texas in April.
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In May he
was painting the beauty of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole
area.
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June he
was painting in Oklahoma as well as attending the Prix de West Art
Show.
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July he
painted in Texas and traveled to the Arbuckle Mountains to paint with
the other members of the Outdoor Painters Society. Then it was
on to Jackson where he and three friends went on a pack trip into the
southern portion of the Wind River Mountains. Painting and
hiking all day and sleeping outdoors.
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August he
again ventured into the Wind River Mountains, this time a pack trip in
the northern section with nine friends. Again painting all
day and having fireside chats about art in the evenings. After
returning from the pack trip, off he goes to Big Fork, MT to paint
with the wonderful artists of the Northwest Rendezvous Group.
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September
he returned to Jackson Hole and the Grand Tetons to paint the
wonderful fall colors and attend the Fall Arts Festival.
October
found him on a RV Piggyback train trip through the Copper Canyon in
Mexico and then following the coast line of the Sea of Cortez
Springtime in the Hill Country of Texas brings
everyone out to paint. Here Chuck is painting with Matt Smith.
Sometimes you just have to put out a little
more effort to get just the right painting. Here Chuck climbs up the hill
to get a painting for the Charitable Arts Paint-out in Tucson, AZ.
This photo was taken by our dear friend Nancy Bush who is a well known landscape
artist. Visit her website at http://www.nancybush.com
Here Nancy caught Chuck sitting down on the
job.
Chuck had been taking photos of the beautiful
spring flowers around Tucson when he had to stop to reload his
camera. You are never to old to have your photo taken in a field of
lovely flowers. The photo was taken by our good friend Suzanne Owens who is a lovely
person and also very good artist.
Here Chuck is in Jackson, WY. Chuck spent
over many weeks painting the landscape in the Jackson Hole area.
Here Chuck is painting the "Haystack" rock at
Pacific City, Oregon.
Chuck painting the Lewis River in Yellowstone.
This photo was taken by artist, Jim Rozek while he and Chuck
were painting just outside of Denton, Texas.