Carmel Mission Note Cards on DPW Gallery Store

 I just added this set of note  cards to my 
Daily Paintworks Gallery Store.  All painted at the Carmel Mission in Carmel, CA.

This is one of my all time favorite places to paint.  There are so many scenes, this place could keep me painting for a life time.  Lovely gardens, sculpture, old adobe buildings, fountains, and so much more.   

If you have not been there I hope you can get to go sometime. 

You can view these paintings on my website as well at:  www.RhettsStudio.com

New Gallery on Daily Paintworks

I am so pleased to announce that I now have my own gallery on DailyPaintworks.com  I am just starting so have only a few painting up right now, but planning more soon.  Just put up some note cards for sale and have a painting in the auction.  So hopeful for more sales and exposure.  And check out the new widget on the right!  Links right to my DPW gallery.

Note Card sets available on DPW

In the Auction on DPW
CLICK HERE TO BID

Open Studio 2016

Wonderful turn-out for my Open Studio April 23 & 24, 2016

 Greg Frazier and I pose in front of my Daily Paintings display.  The pegboard panels worked very well for displaying the 6"x 6" paintings.

 Here is part of our set-up.  We were resting and waiting for the crowd to show up.  Our weather was good which was a nice change from the last few years with wind and rain.

Greg had some wonderful wood pieces: puzzle boxes, wooden pens, puzzles and other items of fun.  He does such nice work.  I especially like his burl bowls with the abalone inlays.  So pretty!

 Visitors had the opportunity to choose from boxes of unframed paintings and try them out in frames.  I also had matted original work, matted reproductions, paper cranes, and note cards from which to choose.

 Here is one of my visitors choosing a matted original.  She also chose one of my Daily Paintings!


I want to thank all those who helped set up and take down, and store away all my stuff!

Art Nature Journaling

I have been enjoying taking a break from painting and just sketching in my art journal.

I spent a few hours along the coast near Lovers Point in Pacific Grove, CA.  It is so beautiful there.  I sat on a bench and watched the fishermen, tourists, birds and the waves.  Then I noticed this little cute squirrel feasting on ice plant flowers.  He sat so still, turning now and then.  After I had made the drawing in the center of my journal page and adding watercolor washes, I wasn't sure what to do with the white border.  So I took out my camera and looked through the photos I had taken of that squirrel.  He was so cute.  So I just had to add drawings of him on my border.  Good thing I took photos, since he disappeared in the rocks very quickly when some hikers walked by.

I love working on nature drawings.   This image is available as a note card if you are interested.