Plein Air Artist of the Month

The Arizona Plein Air Artists group that I belong to highlights one artist member a month on the website. I am it this month. You can check it out at http://arizonapleinairpainters.com. It's a bit ironic to be the member of the month of a group dedicated to painting outdoors when it has been a month of not going out. It has been a super hot summer (well I guess that is no surprise when you live in Phoenix) so paint outs would be more of a fight for survival than for artistic accomplishment. But just the other day I actually experienced what some might call a cool breeze. Yes it will cool off again! (we begin to doubt it ever will about this time of the year) In fact, my pals and I have already scheduled the first session back out at our favorite desert spot. 

The desert areas of Arizona go through a real rejuvenation when the nights begin to cool and the high temperatures dip below a hundred now and then. It means we survived the summer. Shoppers at the nurseries begin to anticipate the first batches of new plants arriving to plant. Those empty flower pots can once again be filled with color. Even more exciting for some is the color we can once again apply to canvas out in the sunshine.