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Elena Orwick painting en plein air. |
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Elena Orwick explains her pieces to a gallery-goer at one of her shows. | Father and Daughter Teach Each Other About Art How many times have you heard an artist talk about wanting to loosen up, about not painting so tightly? In how many workshops have you heard instruction on recognizing the abstract? Michael Orwick has a regular painting partner who reminds him to be free and have fun at the easel: his 9-year-old, gallery-represented daughter Elena. [read more] |
"The Winter of 2014 (In Memory Of)," by Carl Bretzke, 2014, oil, 24 x 36 in. First Place. |
PleinAir Magazine Announces April-May Salon Contest Winners The first group of artists eligible for the $15,000 Grand Prize in the 2015 PleinAir Salon were announced today by PleinAir magazine. [read more] |
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Detail of "Shade," by Richard Lindenberg. |
Up Close: Richard Lindenberg and Christin Coy at the Christian Daniels Gallery Bay Area painters Richard Lindenberg and Christin Coy are the subject of a show up until July 5 at Christian Daniels Gallery, in San Francisco. Lindenberg shared the story surrounding his piece "Shade"—a painting that coaxed him back for a second session of work. [read more] |
Robert Genn painting from inside his van. |
Robert Genn: An Appreciation Texas painter Kim Carlton agreed to share some of her thoughts on why Canadian artist Robert Genn's life and work — shared with so many through his enewsletter — has had such an impact on her and other painters. Genn passed away on May 27. [read more] |
"Pantheon," by Patrick Connors, Oil, 9 ½ x 12 in. Studio piece. | Three Junes in Rome For three years, Pennsylvania artist Patrick Connors taught a workshop and painted in Rome each June. He forsook his usual medium — oil — and concentrated on pen-and-ink, gouache, and watercolor while working in Italy. Back in the United States, he would make studio paintings from his references. An exhibition currently on view at the Clark Gallery, in Banner Elk, North Carolina, presents some of those pieces. [read more] |
"At the Market," by Sheri Jones, 2014, oil. |
Farmers Markets as Motif From Michigan to Sonoma, from Texas to Taylor, Missouri, painters like to paint farmers markets. It's a trusty subject matter, full of color and life. [read more] |
"Road to Mt. Baldy," by Jose De Juan, oil, 14 x 11 in. |
Why This Works: Using the Secondary Triad In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they succeed as painted images. This week, Jose De Juan's "Road to Mt. Baldy." [read more] |
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"Loon Bay, Lake Temagami Summer," by Sharon Preen. |
EXHIBITION: "The Outsiders," at Artists on Elgin Two die-hard plein air painters in Canada's Ontario province are the subject of a show at Artists on Elgin, in Sudbury, Ontario, until the end of June. [read more] |
"Tranquil Afternoon," by Stephen Mirich, oil. | CAC Show Explores Contemporary Take on Beauty Almost 40 paintings meeting the theme of defining higher beauty are on display through August 17 at the Carnegie Art Museum, in Oxnard, California, in Empathy for Beauty in the 21st Century: Signature Artists of the California Art Club. [read more] |
Esther Williams painting the George Washington Bridge from the northern tip of Manhattan. | Parting Shot: Painting on the Opposite Coast Esther Williams does a great job painting Southern California scenes that beckon to the viewer. So what happens when she visits gritty NYC to paint? [read more] |
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