Sentences with phrase «as plein air»

As a plein air painter of ocean shores, I can attest that both the New England shore and West Country in England have become darker and slimier in the last few decades.

Still life doesn't depend on weather, as plein air painting does, or on hiring a model as figurative painting requires.

A goofy lo - fi video depicts gestures of a so - called shaman painter, a term he uses in titles such as Plein Air (Atlanta Shaman).

David works in oil and pastels and currently lives in Annapolis, Md. and works as a plein air painter.

That said, I am very concerned with maintaining what I think of as the plein air impulse: the stuff I try to nail down in the smaller preparatory works I start on site before embarking on the large pieces and precisely because I do covet the incidental, empiric, the random as important values.

I don't see myself as a plein air painter.

League instructors and prominent visiting artists work with intimate groups of about a dozen students on a particular aspect of art - making (such as plein air painting) or a specific medium or technique (such as egg tempera or color spot painting).

Not exact matches

The season comes alive this harvest with a variety of must - see events including Temecula Valley Wine Month this September, as well as three entertaining festivals (Big Horse Harvest Festival, Ralph Love Plein Air Festival, and Temecula Greek Festival) that round out the unique opportunities.

Visitors can stroll the streets of Old Town during the weeklong event held September 30 - October 6, 2017 to watch as artists create their masterpieces «en plein air» (in open air) on the scenic streets of Old Town Temecula.

The Mobile Gallery will also act as an information and voting point for the Plein Air and More Awards.

The museum offers guided tours of the gardens, as well as outdoor concerts, a dance performance, lectures and a plein air watercolor workshop.

As a reflection of the mentorship program itself, this exhibition will feature a diverse array of media including alternative process photography, old masters oil painting, plein air painting, creative writing, stainless steel sculpture, drawing and mix - media; all art forms taught in this year's spring and summer mentorships.

Marshall has done this «from the ground up,» as Metropolitan Museum curator Ian Alteveer put it, working through historical styles and genres, including Rococo love scenes, large - scale history paintings, and Impressionist plein air fetes.

In Le Havre, on the North Coast of France during the late 1850's the then teenage Claude Monet who had become adept as a political caricaturist began developing the art of plein air landscape painting (under the tutelage of Eugéne Boudin) perhaps as a response to and a logical outgrowth of the then popular Barbizon School.

You can bolster the atmospheric effects when painting the sky, as Richard McKinley did, in this overcast landscape, Malheur Rain (en plein air pastel, 11 × 14).

Katz was first exposed to the notion of plein air painting at Skowhegan, which would prove pivotal in his development as a painter and remains a staple of his practices today.

Grau's work is grounded in the history of plein air painting, an in - situ practice of landscape painting based on direct observation that was initiated by artists such as Claude Monet, Pierre - Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

The historical dimension of the «Five and Forward» installation is irresistibly lovely, keyed to that sweet spot of American Impressionism so deftly relayed to the canvas in such gems now on view as seven paintings by William Merritt Chase, who founded his plein air art school in Southampton in 1891.

Though Mitchell abstracted nature, gleaning only its essence, her advocacy for the natural world as a subject finds precedence in the plein air and Impressionist painters a century before.

Plein air yet performative paintings of dense forest landscapes from Northern Florida and Georgia as well as the Cascades Mountains in Washington State.

St. John's facility painting plein air is evident here, no doubt the result of his history painting outdoors with Louis Siegriest, a seminal member of the famed California fauvist - impressionist group, the Society of Six, as well as with Lundy Siegriest, Peter Brown and Pam Glover, among others.

As the premier showcase for Western contemporary art, the Ann Korologos Gallery proudly offers a wide array of Western artists working in a variety of techniques and representing diverse artistic traditions: Bold Post-Expressionist still lifes by Angus Wilson, delicate realism in the style of Chardin by Sarah Lamb, Plein Air landscapes by Dan Young, cutting - edge Macro Photography by Gayle Waterman and meticulous linocut prints by Sherrie York.

Jivan's paintings have been exhibited nationally at museums and educational institutions and covered in publications such as Fine Art Connoisseur, Southwest Art, Art Business News, and Plein Air Magazine.

He paints looking at his subjects — en plein - air, as the French say.

The sweeping views of the dreamy surrounding landscape and villages that have caused Civita Castellana to become an epicenter of plein air painting for more than 300 years have now served as Hershberg's source of inspiration for the works in this new show.

She was the only international artist from 21 professional artists invited to participate in the «Florida's forgotten coast plein air invitational» in 2013 and is becoming well known as a leading plein air artist in the UK.

In addition to numerous group and one - man gallery shows, event invitations, cherished awards earned, juried show acceptances - and some wonderful editorial profiles - Suys's devotion to his craft, his participation in plein air invitationals, judging, and increasingly teaching, have helped him grow not just in reputation but as a soulful painter who believes in lifelong learning, «no excuses», and the power of observation.

Wyllis Heaton (born in Pasadena CA. 1976) is an award winning Plein Air landscape painter as well as a licensed landscaping designer based in Santa Barbara CA.

Many of the artists in The Lure of the Dark look back to predecessors, such as the Impressionists and Monet and Pisarro, to study the night en plein air, completing a painting in a single sitting or night.

He is past Chair of the Board of the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association and serves as installations lead at Quiet Waters Gallery.

One City Arts Festival Juried Plein Air Event Location: Macon, GA As a part on Macon's 2017 One City Art Festival, Macon Arts Alliance is looking for artists to venture out into Macon's many beautiful parks to paint during the week of October 13th - 19th and culminate in a reception and exhibition at The Gallery at Macon Arts Alliance on October 20th.

One lovely summer day, an iconic vision comes to mind: you see yourself seated at your easel in a field of flowers, working peacefully on a plein - air landscape painting as clouds float above and bees pass by, humming in a friendly manner while searching for nectar or creating honey or whatever.

At Skowhegan Katz was first exposed to plein - air painting, which would prove pivotal in his development as a painter and remains a staple of his practice today.

Several plein air paintings were used as the resource for this composite piece created in the studio.

Mauser was a co-founder of the artist - run gallery PLUG Projects as well as a co-founder of KCPAC (Kansas City Plein Air Coterie).

Each of these painters interpreted the Matunuck landscape in a personal way, yet among them they encompass most of the major trends defining American painting of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries — the Barbizon School, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Tonalism and plein - air painting — as well as the creation of the era's predominant artistic institution: a summer school.

Plein Air Peconic works in the tradition of Tile Club members William Merritt Chase and Winslow Homer, who are recognized as the first Plein Air painters on the East End.

He studied for two years at the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute), and painted plein air cityscapes while earning a living as a Skid Row social worker.

The second room shows the development of his early style: en plein air realist landscapes produced in Paris, erroneously described as Impressionist in almost all the literature; and a predilection for unclothed male figures, evident in his fin - de-siècle style mural and stained glass window designs.

Her inspiration comes from a passion for plein air painting as well as classic paintings of the renaissance and other periods that serve as a springboard for her conceptual abstractions.

The very essence of nature's yin - yang is now at her wrist as she couples the formalism of landscape plein air painting with evocative abstraction.

However, it was his summers (1949 - 50) at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, whose teachers emphasized plein air painting and working from life, that were a transformative experience for the young artist, giving him, as he has stated, «a reason to devote my life to painting.»

For Kim, as for others, the very act of plein air painting involves a bit of role - playing.

As an artist - in - residence at 24 HR MART, Trowbridge spends her time collecting color «data» from the landscape in the form of plein - air paintings.

Perhaps your sense of adventure is en plein air, which would make the book Painters and Painting a lovely companion as you take to the outdoors and set up your easel.

Bleep and Plein Air I, II are the only two works that use maps as a «form thought» or foundation... Yes, as you say, maps help us to «navigate or orient ourselves».

The Bucks County Plein Air Festival invites artists from all over the United States to enter this first annual competition to produce art from life (as opposed to in the studio).

As a local valley favorite, Dan Young's plein air impressions of Colorado's most beloved locations...

I would, however, recommend to set yourself a goal of finishing your plein - air within two hours and work towards a quicker finish as you gain experience.

As such, P - Town is a major hub for plein air painting, dating all the way back to the days of artist Charles Webster Hawthorne, who opened the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899.