Looking for Inspiration, Wine Tasting and Painting

Hi, Jacqueline Newbold here.  I want to share with you how I find inspiration for my paintings.

On a recent wine tasting trip to Yamhill Valley, Oregon, I found breathtaking views as the scenery opened up into rolling hills, vineyards and orchards. Our morning was greeted with rising fog as the blue mountains in the distance started to show through.

 The day brought dappled sunlight and warmth. It was fun to slow down and take it all in while savoring some of Oregon's best wines. I even learned how to blend my own Pinot Noir and came home with a bottle with my name on it!

Jacqueline to Teach at Seattle's First CREATE Art Retreat

Jacqueline Newbold will be teaching four watercolor and mixed media classes a the very first CREATE ever held in Seattle.  She has taught at the Chicago CREATE and the Irvine CREATE in past years.  Jacqueline says, "I adore my students! They keep me motivated and inquisitive.  I know that as I am getting ready to teach at Seattle's CREATE Art Retreat, I will be meeting new students as well as many that have taken classes from me before.  I want to offer new and exciting ways to draw, paint, add to journals, create and explore.  As I am organizing and packing my boxes of art supplies I can't help to try new things.  It makes the preparation for my class take longer but it is so fun to offer new and creative ways to do the art that I like to do!"

Broken Top show features HDAL members

High Desert Art League members Cindy Briggs and Jacqueline Newbold showed their watercolor works at the Broken Top Clubhouse tonight in Bend at the show's opening reception. Cindy demonstrated her painting as patrons listened to jazz and enjoyed the wine tasting.

"Journeys" is the theme of this wonderful show  which depicts locations near and far. If you missed it, you can see Jacqueline's and Cindy's beautiful paintings through the months of September and October.

High Desert Artists, Helen Brown, David Kinker and Jacqueline Newbold in February Shows

Helen Brown's Watercolor

Jacqueline Newbold's Mixed Media Painting

Helen Brown, and David Kinker will be featured in the "Colors of Central Oregon" show at the Tumalo Art Gallery.   Jacqueline Newbold is a featured artist at the Red Chair Gallery in the "Power of Color" Show.  Both of the shows open with the Bend, Oregon's First Friday Art Walk and will continue through the month of February.  

Inside my Watercolor Journal

Painting of the Alta Vista Estancia

Fall is coming to Argentina and the colors of the poplar trees are starting to change.  We spent several nights at Alta Vista where we were warmly greeted by the hosts, Tamara and Frederico.  Alta Vista is a 60,000 hectare sheep ranch or estancia, which in Argentina means large farm or ranch.  It was built at the turn of the century and is located 20 miles west of Calafate in the Argentine Patagonia, and on the road to the Perito Moreno glacier.  Our rooms were delightfully decorated and this comfortable Patagonia estancia was a wonderful place for me to hang-out one morning painting the scene in front of me.