PACE18 with Bruce Bingham

PACE18

Too much fun? No such thing.

Nobody can accuse us of not having enough fun.

left to right:

Shelby Keefe, Brenda Boylan, Nancy Tankersley, Moi, and Jeanne Reavis.

I had so much more fun than last year when I ended up in the La Jolla hospital with a pinched nerve in my back.  What a drag.  This year I came away with tons of inspiration and some

new techniques. YAY!

The first morning we were there we found a spot to paint along a road not far from the hotel.

It was a little windy as you can see by the flags  on the right below

below but nothing like later in the week.

I'll break this up into a few more posts so it won't get too long.

Upcoming:

Paint the Town Marble Falls

and

PREVIEW THE SHOW HERE

Cuba, Faded Beauty

Solo Show at South Street Art Gallery, Easton. MD

May 1, 2018- May 27th, 2018

Thanks for following along!

Cuba, Faded Beauty

 What's inside?

All my paintings are packed and shipped to

South Street Art Gallery, Easton, MD.

for my May show:

Cuba Faded Beauty.

The key to doing a solo show is getting organized

and keeping focus.

I shipped these boxes three different ways to

save on expense.  The smaller ones could go priority mail.

The next size was less expensive to send Fed X.

The the big guy in the back had to go by freight.

Sneak peek at what's inside;

Cuba Style

12 x 16 oil

I'll be sending you more images of the show via my blog so please stay tuned.

Next I'm off to the Plein Air Convention for lots of fun and inspiration!

Don't forget The Painted Garden Show at

Beach Gallery, Va. Beach, Va.

opening this weekend.

Thanks for following along!

AIS Show and Workshop with Kim English

Tea Time 9 x 12 oil

I enjoyed my trip to Cincinnati for the

American Impressionist Society

Small Works Showcase

held at the Greenwich House Gallery.

I ran into my friend Inna Cherneykina from San Francisco

and it was good to paint together again.

She won the wet paint division, I was so happy for her!

There was snow! No this is not a black and white photo. Yet,

we were able to have the Kim English workshop anyway.

Nancy King Mertz and I getting ready to get started.

Kim gave us a work out with about three zillion three minute poses.

Great practice and I learned some things.

Kim showing us how it's done in a 3 minute gesture painting.

Another one of Kim's at 12 minutes.  He really makes it look easy.

And here's my favorite of the day.

It was a great trip and it was wonderful to see old friends and make new ones.

Thanks to the team at AIS who worked so hard to put together

a great experience.

Thanks for following along!

Happy Spring!

Happy Spring!

If you live in the south you could put that top down and 

take a drive.

Cuban Style

12 x 16

oil

This is one of the paintings for my upcoming show:

Cuba, Faded Beauty

Solo Exhibition

South Street Art Gallery

Easton, MD.

May 1st- May 27th

I've been working away and will share the show paintings with you first here.

Things are starting to get really busy and I hope

you'll follow along because we're going to have alot of fun.

First- We're headed to the AIS Impressions Small Works Showcase

at Greenwich House Gallery in Cincinnati, OH.

I'll be posting on FB and IG while I'm away.

There will be a paint out, opening, demos and a mini workshop

with Kim English!

I'll do my best to keep you posted!

Also the Life on the Lynnhaven show in conjunction with

historic garden tour week is at

Beach Gallery

303 Laskin Rd. , Va. Beach, Va.

Beginning April 4th.

Picking Up Lunch

10x20 oil

sold

Thanks for following along!

Lariat by Bruce Bingham

Lariat

oil on canvas

24 x 30

Just delivered this new painting to 

RS Hanna Gallery 

in Fredericksburg, Tx.

Here's a pic of me with Shannon Hanna

at the last artwalk.

Join us on Friday, April 6th for

the next one if you're in the area and see the new paintings.

 It's lots of fun:)

Looking forward to my solo show in May at

South Street Gallery in Easton, Md.

Cuba Faded Beauty

I'll be giving you a preview here.

Thanks for following along!

Arrowhead finds good home:)

Glamour Shot

oil

12x16

sold

The RS Hanna Spring Showcase is going to have an Artwalk

this Friday in Fredericksburg, Texas.

208 South Llano Street

If you can't stop by to say hi you can take a 

virtual tour here.

I had to say good buy;) to one of my favorite

longhorns, Arrowhead, but it's OK.

I know she went to a very good home with

humans that love her.

Thanks for following along.

Picking Up Lunch

Picking Up Lunch

10 x 20 

oil on aluminum 

I was bummed when Picking Up Lunch didn't

get into the OPA Show, but that's the

way things go. No worries.

There's always another show.

This painting is headed back home to Va. Beach and will

be available through Beach Gallery.

The show is called Life On The Lynnhaven.

One of my favorite things about growing up in that area are the ospreys.

They were almost wiped out because of DDT used

in the 60's and it's wonderful to see them

make a come back.

They have unique characteristics including mating for life and 

often returning to the same nest to breed in year after year. My favorite 

osprey watching spot is Seashore State Park in Va. Beach.

Thanks for following along:)

P.S.- I just want to add that photographing this painting
is very different on the aluminum because it's
hard to capture the shiny surface peeking through like
it looks in ambient light.
If there are any top notch photographers out there with some
tips for me, please share.
Thanks!