Category Archives: Travelogue

Arrival in Rouen

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker
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Travel preparations

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker

Lately I’ve been sketching people in the new journal I’m taking on my trip, drawing the people at an outdoor cafe in Iowa City and pretending I am in Rouen, as sort of a warmup. I’m drawing what I see … Continue reading →

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Art show at Salt Fork Kitchen

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker

Leslie, Jan, and I went to Solon, Iowa last week to hang our work for a combined show (update: this exhibit has now ended) at the Salt Fork Kitchen restaurant (usually open only for breakfast and lunch). The food is … Continue reading →

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Arts in Marshalltown

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker

We had beautiful weather to go with good food and bands at the Linn Creek Arts Festival (update: now called the Marshalltown Arts Festival) in Marshalltown on July 19. I hadn’t done an away-from-home outdoor show since I had to … Continue reading →

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Road trip

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker

Leslie, Jan and I went road tripping to Maquoketa and Stone City, in search of the perfect hillside, taking lots of photos of the landscape to paint from. We were on the Grant Wood Scenic Byway and a few dirt … Continue reading →

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San Rufino

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker

Another scene from the trip to Assisi — this painting shows us outside the Cathedral of San Rufino, where Francis and Clare and several other Brothers were baptized. This was the only baptismal font in Assisi until 1924. I was … Continue reading →

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December 2013 Newsletter

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Jo Myers-Walker

Click the link below to view or download: Jo Myers-Walker December 2013 Newsletter (6-page PDF document, approx. 633 KB) In this edition: Thoughts on moving to Iowa City, and my Franciscan “journey” — the spiritual one, and a pilgrimage to … Continue reading →

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A narrow path

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Jo Myers-Walker

Earlier this month I got back from a Franciscan Pilgrimage to Assisi, Italy, and one of my hotels was around the corner from this street. We did a great deal of walking to historic sites in the area. Originally built … Continue reading →

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Trip to Maquoketa

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Jo Myers-Walker

At my recent watercolor workshop in Maquoketa, we practiced color mixing using chickens! Each practice chicken is a small experiment in how different combinations of colors mingle with each other on the paper. Selecting three colors to use in a … Continue reading →

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Workshop in Cherokee

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Jo Myers-Walker

I was at the Sanford Museum & Planetarium in Cherokee, Iowa in January for a watercolor workshop and the opening of the Poetic Expressions in Watercolor exhibit (which runs through February 17, 2013). In addition to scientific and historical programs, … Continue reading →

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