Germaine Trenary

Good news.  I am pleased to announce I was chosen by the Hockaday Art Museum in Kalispell, Mt. to participate in their plein-air paintout again this year.  This year we will be painting on conservation land and the paintings will be offered for sale at the Hockaday annual sale, June 23rd.

Meet Sam & Sara

Germaine Trenary

Finally, I finished Guardians of the Ditch.  And I finished my childrens' portraits.  I am not terribly happy with them nor terrible unhappy...I don't know, they are not what I had hoped for, but maybe as good as I can do.  Will post them.  Let me know what you think.

Guardians of the Ditch

Me! Plein-air painting in Arizona

Germaine Trenary

Hi all.  Believe it or not I am still amongst the living.  We are back home in Montana and very happy to be here.  The weather is gorgeous even with a few rainy days, I love it.  I found I was having a real problem with painting in Arizona.  I did not have a good place to paint with decent lighting, so I was discouraged.  Nevertheless, I started on my portrait commission of two children.  What a struggle!  I finally got them almost to where I was happy with them and decided to finish them here in Montana studio, where I could concentrate and see better!  This has been a long dry spell and I am anxious to get the brushes flying again.
Posting a picture of me plein-air painting at the Tubac Golf Course in Arizona, a beautiful spot.  Maybe a painting will come out of that sketch.

Germaine Trenary

I just received notice that my painting "Salmon Lake" was accepted as a finalist in the Richeson75 Landscape 2012 exhibit.  That makes me very happy, unfortunately I no longer have the painting as it was a commission and I did not realize the painting must be sent in for the competition.  But just to be chosen is an honor and maybe it will get me out of my painting slump.  I have also entered it in the Bold Brush competition.  I have been working on some children portraits, very hard!  Maybe one of the reasons for my funk!