Drumroll, please! I'm absolutely delighted to announce the release of my newest collection of art. My brand new series of thirty Mitchell Leafscapes has evolved over the past four or five years. I've truly enjoyed working with oil paints again after decades of doing landscapes exclusively with pastels.

These Mitchell Leafscapes feel more alive to me than my plain oils: they shimmer differently in every lighting situation or as you walk past them. The colors of the metal leaf glow or go dark, and easily reflect the subtlest ambient light. I've chosen copper for its rich warm tones and aluminum for the bright vibrant shine of this non-tarnishing metal leaf. Both are varnished to avoid changes from the environment over time. I'm thrilled to be sharing them with you!

If you're as excited to see the new collection as I am to share them, I hope you'll stop by my studio during the Sonoma County Art Trails open studio tour on October 12 and 13 and October 19 and 20. It's one of the few times in the past 20 years that I've opened my studio to the public, so you'll have a chance to see my new work as well as my traditional pastel paintings. My straw bale studio is just one of many places on the art tour where you can see artists in their natural habitats making art. It's a beautiful time of year, and I can't think of a better way to spend a day than driving through the spectacular Sonoma County wine country enjoying all kinds of art by 140 artists. I hope you'll stop by as you tour the studios of local artists.

Please feel free to share this invitation and newsletter with all of your art-loving friends. And click here to see more of my artwork. Thank you so much for your support!