Plein Air Magazine Newsletter 1/20/13

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Martha Esch's 18" x 24" painting of the tower barn and Bruce Hancock at his easel.
News:
L-r: Bruce Hancock, Ruth Andre, Sarah Laughon, Jeanine Robb, Kathryn Cornett, Joseph Renaud, unknown, Mary Sand, unknown, Linda Abbott, Betty Plazola, Sandy Ridley, and Martha Esch	Sacramento Artists Persuade Farmer Twenty-one members of the Sacramento (California) Plein Air Painters and Sacramento Sketchers recently worked on a farm after persuading the 95-year-old property owner to let them paint on his land. Two children of one of the group's members also joined the paint-out. [read more]
Tips:
This is the still life painting LaChance decided was a "stinker." He reused the panel to paint a winter landscape.	Painting Over "Stinkers"  Living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, requires an outdoor painter to get used to working in deep snow, strong winds, and cold temperatures. Todd LaChance can handle all that, as well as the inevitable failures -- the paintings he calls "stinkers." He recently salvaged one of those stinkers and shares his triumph with us here. [read more]
"Summer Of 93," by Mitch Kolbe, 1993, oil, 6 x 8 in.	Painting Memories Plein air paintings often capture more than the outward appearance of the landscape. For Mitch Kolbe, the series of paintings he created over the past 20 years of his family's farm in North Carolina are a record of his life and heritage. [read more]
News:
A painting by Wyllis Heaton of the Gaviota area	Plein Air Artists Invited for the First Time For the very first time, a resort in Goleta, California, has invited members of Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment (S-C-A-P-E) to exhibit paintings, in an effort to help benefit the Naples Coalition and Gaviota Coast Conservancy. Find out when it will happen. [read more]
A plein air painting, by W. Jason Situ, of the American artists painting	Americans Painting On Location in China The March 2013 digital edition of PleinAir presents an informative article about a group of American plein air painters, organized by W. Jason Situ, who were invited to a region of China seldom visited by tourists. They shared their talents with local artists, a museum's staff, cultural officials, and curious onlookers. [read more]
Nancy Takersley (center) teaching during a workshop on the island of Curacao	An Invitation to Paint in Curacao "We hereby invite all of your plein air artists to come to Curacao to participate in our Plein Air Curacao Art Festival from February 22-March 2, 2013," writes Hellen Chirino-Roosberg. This will be the third time artists have gathered to paint on the colorful island. [read more]
Extreme Painting:
Derek Daniells painting along a narrow street in Stony Stratford, England	Painting Along Narrow Streets in England Derek Daniells likes to paint along the narrow streets of Stony Stratford in England. Normally, the location is reasonably quiet, but at times the snow, cold temperatures, and splashes from passing "lorries" force him to take refuge in the local pub. [read more]
Exhibits:
"Locking Through," by John Bauscher, 1930, oil, 20 x 24 in. Collection Kendall Scally	Paintings Celebrate a Bicentennial in Indiana New Albany, Indiana, is celebrating its bicentennial with an exhibition of paintings titled The Artists of the Wonderland Way. The art was created by Indiana artists who were members of the Wonderland Way Art Club in the 1920s and 1930s. [read more]