Sergio Lopez during his “bike to paint spot” challenge.

The photograph of Sandra Hildreth was taken by her friend, Duncan Cutter after they hiked up to the painting location. “It was round trip hike of just 2 miles to the summit of this 2512' mountain,” Hildreth explains. “And no, I'm not painting with both hands — just holding a second brush in my left hand and trying to capture the glowing evening light before I needed to hike back down.”

Lopez’s easel just after he completed “Standout,” 2011, oil, 8 x 10. Collection the artist

Another photograph taken with the sunlight glaring off the camera lens is of Californian Sergio Lopez who traveled on his bicycle to painting locations. “I motivated myself by setting a goal of biking to a new location every afternoon during one week,” he explains. “I tried to get to locations around 1:00 pm and paint for 60-90 minutes, pack up, and get home by 4:30 pm before it became too dark to safely bike along the busy roads.” Lopez has been posting his daily paintings on Facebook to an ever increasing number of appreciative friends.


Lynn Rix painting a sunset landscape at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the year-long project she undertook with Pamela Ruschman.

Finally, we rediscovered a photograph sent to us by Wisconsin artist Lynn Rix who spent a year painting in the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Milwaukee. It shows Rix painting at sunset at the nature center.