"North side"

6" x 10"
Oil on panel

A quick, small study painted at Fort Snelling State Park. I painted this exact view last month and felt I could improve on it. I wanted to capture the vastness of this area a bit more. I had some really nice, strong light to play with.

"Below campus"

9-1/2" x 15-1/2"
Oil on panel

I setup along the Mississippi across from the University of Minnesota to get the evening light effects and shadows hitting the buildings there. I pushed the darks in the foreground to keep the atmosphere and edited the left side pretty heavily to expose the bridge to the sky. I made the mistake of cutting the panel in half and tried to compensate by allowing the sky to come down further in to the painting. I still feel it is too balanced.

"Como Park Pavilion"

12" x 10"
Oil on panel

Changing some things up a bit. I'm trying to "see" the final painting before I start and also thinking more about edges. This causes me to go about the painting in a different way. I've wanted to paint the pavilion here for some time and the evening light last night was just right. I want too do some more studies of the lakeside as well with the morning light coming up.

Dan Patch Days Juried Art Competition

I have two paintings that have been accepted into the Dan Patch Days show. Details below:

The Competition Art Show June 8 - July 14

The show will officially be open to the public, for free, at Savage Art Studios from June 8^th through Saturday, July 14^th during normal gallery hours. View over 90 original works of art done by our own Minnesota Artists. Artwork genres, styles and mediums vary but all our excellent. SAS Gallery is located at: 4735 W. 123rd St. STE 200 - Savage, MN 55378

Wine Tasting Fund Raiser & Digital Gallery Show June 21

The wine tasting will be held at Community Park in Savage on Thursday, June 21, 2007 in the evening. Advance Tickets $15 or $20 at the door. The event will be sponsored by Dan Patch Days Committee, City Liquor Stores, The Savage Rotary, and The Savage Arts Council. Ticket Price includes:

• 17 Different Wine Vendors

• Beer Vendors

• 20 Different Businesses and Restaurants serving food

• Silent Auction of a Greg Preslicka Painting & other items

• Digital Gallery Show of all artwork juried into The DPD Annual Art Competition on display at Savage Art Studios Gallery

http://www.savageartscouncil.org/

"Greened up"

10" x 12"
Oil on panel

Overcast day, yet still a lot of color in the greens surrounding this marsh.

"Trailway light"

12" x 10"
Oil on panel

The light drew me to this. A great day to paint.