Plein Air
"Art is born of an artist's contact with the world around him, and the best vehicle for that is sketching."
- The Artist's Guide to Sketching, by James Gurney & Thomas Kinkade - Watson-Guptill Publications
I regularly take my paints outdoors to find new inspiration and increase my visual vocabulary. The small plein air sketches I create from these outdoor adventures add life to my studio paintings.
Sketching from nature helps keep an artist balanced, growing and from falling into dull mannerisms and formulas. When painting outdoors I attempt to absorb all the subtleties of color and light I observe. Those subtleties then make their way into my finished studio paintings.
Plein Air Paintings
Below is a Sampling of my Various Plein Air Adventures.
Painting a Sunset
See how I paint a sunset from life in this 2 minute video.
