by Kristina Lyn Heitkamp | Sep 1, 2017 | Plein Air
Plein Air Public Lands: Day 21 By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp Capitol Reef Hot americanos with cream. Second breakfast of lemon cranberry muffin. And a bag of dark roast bean ground for a French press (not a French press of dark roast) to go. Twin Rocks Climbing back into...
by Kristina Lyn Heitkamp | Aug 31, 2017 | Plein Air
Plein Air Public Lands: Day 20 By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp Capitol Reef area Another brief rain blanketed us that morning. The clouds teased us with possible departure, but then finally followed through more drops. Rex painted in between rain spurts while I made a...
by Kristina Lyn Heitkamp | Aug 30, 2017 | Plein Air
Plein Air Public Lands: Day 19 By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp Captial Reef area The day I forgot my pen, twice, and left my brain at home in the cooler. The day that Rex broke a record, and finished five plein air paintings. No pen, no pencils, no mind My day started out a...
by Kristina Lyn Heitkamp | Aug 29, 2017 | Plein Air
Plein Air Public Lands: Day 18 By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp Capitol Reef National Park Rex was up early and at ‘em, before sunrise, to plein air in the shade of a monolith, while per usual I caught a few more winks. I sleep the best from 4 to 7 am, the coolest part of...
by Kristina Lyn Heitkamp | Aug 28, 2017 | Plein Air
Plein Air Public Lands: Day 17 By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp San Rafael Swell The morning light before the sun was beautiful in the Factory. The quiet reminded me of my days of opening shifts at Starbucks. I’d rise while the world still slept, stumbling to the store to...
by Kristina Lyn Heitkamp | Aug 27, 2017 | Plein Air
Plein Air Public Lands: Day 16 By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp San Rafael Swell Last night we woke to the sound of coyotes hollering and talking to one another. It was a welcome sound. Living in a log cabin up a canyon on the Flathead Indian Reservation for three years, we...