Hello all! This month brings good news. I'm honored to have been chosen to paint, along with 40 other artists, in the Sonoma Plein Air Festival. The festival benefits art education for children in Sonoma County, California and runs for from May 4 to May 9, 2009, and the exhibition at the end is open to the public. Being from New Jersey, I have my fingers crossed that I can adapt my 'east coast' experience to the 'west coast' atmosphere and landscape. That will be a challenge. What I am most excited about is the prospect of painting all day, every day, for five days - it's like a painting marathon! How awesome is that!?