By reframing the overlooked details within our everyday surroundings, Grau transforms a standardized mode of communication used by public works departments across the country into a series of monochrome paintings —
plein air paintings not of landscape, but in it.
Not exact matches
She
paints both en
plein air & in her studio; & conveys her love of the outdoors
n each
painting.
She
paints both en
plein air & in her studio; & conveys her love of the outdoors
n each
painting.
After viewing Julian Hatton's new
paintings (at Elizabeth Harris Gallery through June 3), it is
not surprising to learn that he
painted plein -
air for many years.
You don't sit out in those conditions and do a
plein air painting,» says Rosenthal.
Playing with the concept and process of
plein air painting, Grau traversed the Madison landscape
not to recreate specific scenes with pigment on canvas, but to identify existing instances of monochromatic abstraction.
The first was Impressionism, a school of
painting that initially focused on work done,
not in studios, but outdoors (en
plein air).
He
paints en
plein air — setting himself strenuous logistical challenges in the process — and boasts of
not even owning a camera.
The region's distinctive light, color and atmosphere
not only rewarded her sensitivity to the natural world, but also connected her work to a long history of
plein air painting.
In A Landscape Study at San Vigilio, Lake Garada, Sargent
painted en
plein air, like many of the French artists of the day, seeking to capture
not just the landscape but also a moment in time and the transient quality of light.
The Impressionists argued that people do
not see objects but only the light which they reflect, and therefore painters should
paint in natural light (en
plein air) rather than in studios and should capture the effects of light in their work.
I'm
not really a
plein air painter, but I love to
paint outdoors.
Still life doesn't depend on weather, as
plein air painting does, or on hiring a model as figurative
painting requires.
I didn't want to hire models and
paint what I saw,
paint still lifes, or work in the
plein air.
She
paints both en
plein air & in her studio; & conveys her love of the outdoors
n each
painting.