painting from life! allaprima portland at studio 30

today i had another opportunity to paint from life with some great painters at studio 30 in st. john's neighborhood of portland.  paintings from today including mine are on view at the allaprima portland blog, which is promptly updated by wonderful artist celeste bergin.

most of the time i love to work from memory and imagination, but painting from life and observation is such good practice. i am grateful to be painting with very talented artists and learning, always learning! this was done in a less than 3 hour session with oil on canvas.  as much as i am happy with it, i  love looking at the other artist's work done today and am inspired.

here is my painting done there two weeks ago.