Expressions in Plein Air 2024
Expressions in Plein Air
Exhibition: September 7-26, 2024
Reception: September 7, 4-7PM
Plein air painting is about leaving the four walls of your studio behind and experiencing painting and drawing in the landscape. The practice goes back for centuries but was truly made into an art form by the French Impressionists. Their desire to paint light and its changing, ephemeral qualities, coupled with the creation of transportable paint tubes and the box easel—the precursor to the plein air easels of today—allowed artists the freedom to paint “en plein air,” which is the French expression for “in the open air.”
SHOW DATES AND INFO
Art Intake: August 30 and 31
Art Pickup: September 27 and 28
AWARDS AND FEES
Join us for an awards presentation at 5:30PM on First Saturday, September 7 from 4-7PM.
Best of Show $100
1st Place $75
2nd Place $50
About the Judge – Marilyn Eger
Because I have a strong connection to the land and come from a long tradition of farming, I am primarily a plein air painter. When capturing a specific scene on-site is not possible, I work from my own photos as a point of departure. My paintings are inspired by my love of the area I live in and the things around me, such as the Acampo landscape, old tractors and cars, curious cattle, and old homesteads. I believe they bring me back to the earth.
While my media of choice is oil, as well as pastel and acrylics, I feel like a sculptor when painting because I can chisel out the images as though they were stone. I am also drawn to reflected light and I have a deep passion for vibrant color. My intent is not to be a camera but to convey my feelings and sensations at that moment in time. My paintings are impressionistic in style as I try to catch the fleeting light of the golden hour.