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"Dancing on Water," Monet's Gardens, France ©2012 Niki Gulley 36" x 60" textured oil painting  Day 7 - Art Trek Paris with Niki Gulley and Scott Williams On the last day of our Plein-Air Painting and Photography Workshop in Paris, we gathered to share our work from the week, sample some French wine, and enjoy each other's camaraderie. It's always so much fun to see what the other painters and photographers have captured during the week, and how everyone has such a different perspective, even if the subject is the same. The last two nights we dined at our b and b, which turned out to be two of the best meals of the trip, a hard feat to top the food we had in Paris! Appetizers consisted of an asparagus soup and a plate of scallops with browned butter, both so good we had them two nights in a row. The main courses were a cod dish with vegetables and a very good lamb dish with potatoes. I know that that isn’t up to my usual description,...