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I attended an Art-Ag event sponsored by Yolo Arts in Yolo County, California. Artists were invited to visit an olive grower near the city of Woodland. The many plein air painters were busy painting the scenery, the olive trees, the pond, a barn, or the road. But as I wandered around the orchard and buildings, I glanced down along a path and I spotted a potted succulent plant. I thought to myself that will make an interesting painting. Which seems strange because there were numerous artists around and this little potted plant would be the last thing they would choose to paint. That’s the interesting part about plein air group outings because of the differences of what artists see and how they choose to portray it. They could all paint the same barn and no two paintings would be exactly alike.

This 15” X 22” watercolor was painted on Bee, 140 lb, cold press paper.

My search to find my biological family was the genesis of my journey into the world of art. When I finally found my birth family, at the age of 40, I was plunged into a new and very different family. On one occasion while talking with the father I had never known, I discovered that my great uncle was the renowned watercolorist Dong Kingman. Fatefully discovering a cheap watercolor paint set, and intrigued by my relationship with Kingman, I wondered if I had inherited any of his talent. This lingering question spurred me into trying to paint. My first challenge was deciding what subjects I would paint. As a fan of Van Gogh, and knowing that he painted images from his day to day life: houses, fields, people working, I decided to do the...