Spring Painting in Winters

On March 26th and March 27th, I spent two wonderful Spring days with my husband and our  good friend, Betty,  photographing and painting Spring in the Winter's area.

Briggs and Company, an  art gallery in Winters, CA, is the home of the annual "Paint The Town" plein-air art painting festival.  For a week, March 26th through April 3rd, artists painted within a fifteen mile radius of the town of Winters.  There was much to paint, including the interesting architecture of the town center that dates back to the late 1880's; the agricultural land that surrounds the town of Winters; reflections of the water at Putah Creek; the beautiful deep blue Lake Berryessa surrounded by mauve pink hills, and interesting vintage farm equipment and cars.

Winters is situated in an agricultural area west of Sacramento and Davis.

Attached are two paintings that I painted during the plein air festival and that are being shown at the Briggs & Company gallery for the months of April and part of May. 

As I painted, there was great enjoyment in experiencing the cool breezes, the changing bird formations in the sky, the changing light and a horse was naying occasionally  in the background.  I realized that morning of painting that only when spending time in nature, can one experience these elements fully. 

Wishing everyone special moments and new discoveries this Spring.