I just had a visit from my Marin painting friends Christin Coy and Richard Lindenberg. We spent the better part of a week painting some of my favorite Tahoe spots; Sand Harbor, Squaw Valley, Sandy Beach, and Bliss State Park. The weather couldn't have been better for painting- cool, crisp air with light breezes, dramatic thunderheads rolling in in the afternoons, a common spring weather pattern in the Sierra, resulting from  spring runoff of the winter's snow on the mountains.  A perfect way to spend the sweet first days of summer!