Plein Air Tuesday: Plein Air Tuesday - 3/10/26 - Lover's Knoll

Early morning at Lover's Knoll always gives you a dramatic silhouette; this morning didn't fail us.

I was the first to arrive and some tourists were coming up behind me - parents with children. They saw me set up and said "Oh look, she's going to paint". They became very intrigued, the father asked if I sell what I paint, Me - "sure" 😊, but then asked if I had a website. Fortunately, Pete was just reaching the top of the hill when I pointed to him and said, well I don't, but I believe Pete sells paintings on his site. So an exchange of info then occurred. Hopefully, he'll get in touch with Pete. Sometimes it pays to be early!

Pete picked a spot next to me.

Pete in his spot next to my empty spot

Anna arrived next. Here she is as she spotted some other painters on the way up --- anyway, I'm assuming that's who she's waving at.

Anna - waving

Oh, I guess it was Mike she was waving at - see:

Mike

Then along came Gail.

Gail

And, SHE said (now it sounds like I'm going to spread some rumor she told me, everyone on the edge of their seat?), well, as I was saying, she said there were other artists down below. Oh, ok, really glad to hear, but you all are now probably disappointed it wasn't some juicy tidbit 😉.

So, let's see who some of those other artists were:

Two hatted artists
Front is Nori, facing us is Nita 2

It's my understanding that Pat was around there someplace too -- but I couldn't locate her from the top.

And who do we have here, someone who wandered up the other path.

Janel

Here are some more identifiable pics of Nita 2 and Nori

Nita 2

Nori

Nori wandered over toward where a few others found their spots.

Back - (L to R) Nori, Mike, Gail
Front - Anna

Then the next thing I knew, smiling LeAnne came up from the trail Janel used and joined the group above in their spots.

(L to R) Nori, Mike, LeAnne, Gail

This artist has taken to hiding when she arrives, so I can't quite place her "time of arrival" -- you guessed it, it's Timestamp Nita (Nita 1).

Nita 1

Oh that's funny, if you look at the above picture, it almost looks like she's being interviewed, so serious.

This next pic looks like someone set it up and just said "Would you just stand over there and pretend your painting" - Well, the truth is, she was painting and not posing while getting some fantastic color with pastels.

Nita 2

Oh for sure, this one was posed -- but no, that's Janel sitting very erect on a little stool as she paints.

Janel

And, for some perspective on where a lot of them were standing in relation to one another.

(L to R) Nori, Mike, LeAnne, Gail

The plus to a location where most of us are not to widely dispersed is we get to have conversations.

As Pete started working on his painting I noticed something different, while he was still working with his oils - his painting was really loose and had a flow similar to watercolor. He said he wanted to change things up a bit, and he did. While his paintings always look great, this just had a real fun look to it.

Pete

You'll get a better look at it down below. Not sure what he was doing here though, probably fighting with the cap on a paint tube.

Just one more with the perspective of people's spots with a few more people added.

Back - (L to R) Nori, Mike, Gail, LeAnne

Front - Pete, and seated behind his left arm is Anna

Great photo of Anna at work hiding behind Pete's setup - I'm sure you all recognized her immediately. Oh, here's one where she's a bit more identifiable.

Front Right Edge - Anna
The rest you saw above

Well, we had just one person who didn't join us at the top until the very end, that's Pat and you won't get to see her until the group photo. But, before that we have our great gallery. Love, this location for multiple reasons and one of which is it provides us with this great tree to hang all our paintings.