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trAction Painting
![Dictionary](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75c06_5c0190decf594167ac9f5a11098816f9.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_104,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b75c06_5c0190decf594167ac9f5a11098816f9.jpg)
trAction Painting as defined by a trAction painting.
![The Crew](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75c06_202fdd7399d94db4b299b7f753082822.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_114,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b75c06_202fdd7399d94db4b299b7f753082822.jpg)
Some of the Pittsburg campers, along with Bill and John, and their associates Barbara and Lisa.
![Pretty Maids All in a Row](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75c06_2fa262d93cbc4a3db23a08aeb8a7db55.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_103,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b75c06_2fa262d93cbc4a3db23a08aeb8a7db55.jpg)
Three campers get ready to roll.
![Head Counselor](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75c06_65ddba9ddd3d48e6bb3d99ac4ec0d222.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b75c06_65ddba9ddd3d48e6bb3d99ac4ec0d222.jpg)
Rosemary Hatcher runs the summer camp program in Pittsburg, CA, and here lends a helping hand.
![Getting Ready to Roll](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75c06_83d91ee3d6bb4148ada6c2b04a4cfd51.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b75c06_83d91ee3d6bb4148ada6c2b04a4cfd51.jpg)
Pouring paint in preparation for a red ride.
![Fun for Adults Too](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75c06_b4480d0c283946f7aa2b22bb2208f463.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b75c06_b4480d0c283946f7aa2b22bb2208f463.jpg)
Lisa laying down a few lines.
![Camouflage](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75c06_fa2dfa89816c46b9b8ad11be28e9f176.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b75c06_fa2dfa89816c46b9b8ad11be28e9f176.jpg)
Bike used at summer camp silhouetted against the painting it helped produce.
![Art in the Park](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75c06_f0627fe78dc949d583c56fafb25233d3.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b75c06_f0627fe78dc949d583c56fafb25233d3.jpg)
Early stages of creating a 12 x 20 canvas.
![Drip Painting](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75c06_9b552c08bc7c4fedb5c27e34fc199fb9.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b75c06_9b552c08bc7c4fedb5c27e34fc199fb9.jpg)
Paint flows onto tire for transfer to canvas.
![12 x 20](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75c06_94acd3d454ea4e5a835bd628d543ca8a.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_82,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b75c06_94acd3d454ea4e5a835bd628d543ca8a.jpg)
My largest canvas, completed over a weekend at Art in the Park, San Ramon, CA.
![Paintings in Progress](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75c06_5f39983ded034d77a8000f0f55d3619b.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_79,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b75c06_5f39983ded034d77a8000f0f55d3619b.jpg)
Four canvases painted with toy cars; larger canvas on which we’d palette-pressed three shirts with inline skates.
![Three Abrigos](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75c06_25bbdfe61f6341a89b4edd2475bb5fc4.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_108,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b75c06_25bbdfe61f6341a89b4edd2475bb5fc4.jpg)
Shirts, actually, trAction-painted at the Lafayette Art and Wine Fair. (Abrigo: coat.)
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