I was sixteen years old when I first tried painting “en plein air”. Since then, almost all of my painting has been done indoors and, despite much counsel about the good reasons to work outside and frequent urgings to do so, I have not felt secure in my ability to do so. Last summer, my granddaughter Clara, decided she had had enough of my excuses and said she was coming to visit and we were going to find a place to paint outside. How could I refuse! It was easy to decide wh