I was delighted to receive an Award of Merit for one of my paintings from the Swope Art Museum Plein Air Event, at the awards ceremony yesterday evening.

The juror was Julio Suarez, professor of Art at Hillsdale College, MI. He gave an enjoyable and interesting plein air demo yesterday evening, accompanied by thunder, but we never felt rain.

This was painted in one session on the morning of 6/24/25. The main part of the building pictured here is the Dining Hall in the Union building.

I painted from the small beach on the side of the lake— a great way to spend a morning!