I have been very fortunate to have made friends with and been invited to paint with some of Americas best Plein air painters. This year my friend Chris Daynes and I joined a group of 12 to paint in and around Boothbay Maine. The group consisted of Skip Whitcomb, George Strickland, John Budicin, Don Demers, Ken Backhaus,Christopher Blossom, Stuart Fullerton, Steve Curry, Ray Roberts and Mark Rittorno. It was fantastic to explore the Maine coast and to paint with such a great group of painters!