San Miguel de Allende...

Last year 12 artists got together in Port Clyde, Maine. We had a great time painting together so this year we decided to do it again in Mexico, where one of the artists, Frank Gardner,  lives.  Frank arranged an AMAZING trip for us, and this year there were 15 of us. Some of these photos have already been posted on Facebook, but I thought I would do a little story of the trip through photos on this journal.

Frank dragged me through all kinds of trouble to get out into the field with these corn stalks. It wasn’t much easier trying to get back to the car the “easy” way.

Frank working on his painting that day. He looks much more serious than he was.

This day we all rode horses down into the canyon and through a river at the bottom. It was a ton of fun! In this photo the guy in the center foreground is Logan Hagege, then behind him are Marc Hanson in white, Ignat Ignatov in a sombrero, then maybe Ernesto Nemesio and Pete Khalil? The views were spectacular and the horses were a blast. We did spend teh rest of the day painting after out ride. It wasn’t all fun and games.

This was shot from halfway up a mountain on another horse ride at Holly and Mario’s rancho Sol Dorado. Another beautiful place to paint and see the scenery from a horse.

Looking down the hill to the cathedral in the center of San Miguel. I did a painting looking down this street. It was when I started feeling like I had wrapped my head around the different color palette and quirky perspective of always looking up or down hills. That paitnign is still at Frank’s gallery in San Miguel.

Thomas was one of the guides on our ride through the canyon. His family owns a wonderful ranch for painting and riding. If I remember right the name of the ranch is Xotolar.

The paintings we made on this trip will be shown in several venues. We already had an exhibition in San Miguel, while we were all down there at the Galeria Gardner. I’ve left a few paintings with Frank, so if you make it to San Miguel you should try to stop by his gallery right near the middle of town.

There awill also be a show at the Addison Gallery in Cape Cod, along with a show at the Cape Cod Museum of Art. There will be more to come about those shows.

The 15 artists on the trip were, Paul Shulenberg, Frank Gardner, Jeremy Lipking, Ignat Ignatov, Scott Burdick, Pete Khalil, Jerome Greene, Ernesto Nemesio, Logan Hagege, Jeff Bonasia, Kevin McNamara, Marc Hanson, Alexie Steele, Dan Corey, and me. Most of these guys have their own sites, wich are worth checking out. As I photograph the paintings I did on this trip I’ll post some more images.

3 Responses to “San Miguel de Allende”

1. Mary Sheehan Winn says:

   November 4, 2009 at 3:42 pm

   Looks like so much fun. Your paintings are wonderful!!
2. Annie says:

   November 15, 2009 at 8:56 pm

   You took great pictures. I see you’ve taken a lot of pictures of the natural scenery. But my favorite is the picture of that street that overlooks the church. If you live or stay in that area, you can actually view most of the town from your rooftop.
3. clerkclaude says:

   November 23, 2009 at 9:53 am

   Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.