Opened for the Plein Air Painting Season Now until Mid-April!

We will be back in the fall, starting in late October for the 10th Sedona Plein Air Festival.  If you'd like to visit our Sedona, AZ area studio gallery, please let us know!  We'd love to show you around the studio and gallery.  E-mail is the best way to contact me at mcj.painter@gmail.com.  If I am out in the field painting, Trina can show you my paintings and the studio by prior appointment.

Follow my experience in the Grand Canyon at the Celebration of Art in September 2014 by following my daily blog postings:  September 2014 Plein Air Painter's Blog Postings.  Also, please consider joining me in Sedona this year and look at the schedule for Paint Sedona for the Fall and Winter of 2015.

It is also the beginning of our 10th season at Friar's Bay Studio Gallery if your travels take you in that direction next summer. If you'd like to visit there, please let us know!  We have regular hours in July and August and otherwise operate by appointment there...

Have a great end of summer! - Michael

Snow on Mitten Ridge, 12x16, oil

"Snow on Mitten Ridge"

#742

12x16 oil/panel

$1000 unframed, shipping not included

About This Painting

We don't get much snow in Sedona, so whenever a storm blows through, I try to get out to do a little painting.  Sedona's red rocks can be beautiful with a little coat of snow.  On this day, I went up Oak Creek Canyon to Midgely Bridge and hiked in a bit up this side canyon.  You can see the bridge in the lower right.

Runoff - 9x12, oil

"Runoff" #713
9x12, oil/panel, unframed
$500, shipping not included

About This Painting

"Runoff" was painted in the field near Sedona's Midgely Bridge.  We'd had a snowfall the day before, but it was melting fast.  What engaged me about the scene was the melting snow on the distant cliffs.  It made the rocks so shiny, and light was so incandescent it was blinding!

Gallery Paintings Available for Sale Soon!

"Red Monuments" 9x12, oil

Starting after New Year's, I'll be posting a selection of my finished, gallery paintings for sale. These will be offered through my Pumphouse Studio Gallery site. I will be posting these pieces, one at a time, until mid-April 2013. Paintings will be sold unframed. Shipping will be included in the price.

So, stay tuned!  Subscribe to or follow this blog to see the pieces I'll be selling.

Pumphouse Studio - Open by Appointment Winter 2012-2013

"Precipice at the Grand Canyon" 16x20, oil  - SOLD

We've had several people ask us about visiting Pumphouse Studio.  The good news is, even though we sold the commercial space, you can still visit us and see my paintings and studio.  All you need to do is contact us for an appointment, and we'll gladly show you around!  To schedule an appointment, you can e-mail me at mcj.painter@gmail.com or call 575-267-2450.

My Pastel Studio

I now have two separate studio spaces, one for painting in pastel (above) and the other for painting in oil (below.)  I've always wanted to have two separate areas for this, so it's a dream realized.

My Oil Studio

While you're here, you can look over my paintings and see if there's anything you like.  I have many demos and sketches that are available at very reasonable prices, as well as many framed and finished works.