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I've had some recent philosophical moments. In several art shows and competitions I've been in, the choices by the judges have been puzzling. Of course, when my art has taken an award, I'm thrilled and sometimes surprised. But some other winners in shows have left me scratching my head. And that causes me to ponder that if the reasons for picking one painting over another can be capricious or just plain questionable, then maybe I shouldn't be so thrilled at MY winning, when that decision…

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Even though summer has just barely hit its stride, I'm already thinking about the fall.  This fall, as I make my cross-country trip from Campobello Island, New Brunswick, to Sedona, Arizona, I'll teach three plein air painting workshops along the way.  I thought I'd mention them, as we are taking sign-ups even now.  They are:



October 1, Saturday:  Vermont, Middlebury.  A one-day oil-only workshop in historic Middlebury, home to Middlebury College.  I lived in or around… Continue

I just changed the background image on our site. Some of you may have wondered why I chose the petryglyph art of the Anaszi, as the previous background for our site. The Anaszi were definately carving the likeness of their wildlife outdoors, on the canyon and mesa walls long before we came along. Things they saw and were familiar with. This would qualify them as our four fathers of pein air. NO? Or at least "wildlife" artists.

I'm told that this one is of an antelope, but I believe it…

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So.  There comes a time in the process when it is apparent that the painting will not be or become what you have envisioned.  A true single point where no decision will cause the truth you hoped to occur.



From this point your own reluctance to face and endure will determine how the painting will progress if at all.  This is where I can become paralyzed.  Darting about searching for my fading concept, my dying child.



Now, the less sensitive among us may offer their derisive… Continue

Hi everyone,

this is my first Blog here at "Plein Air Artists" and I thought to show you my Bio so you can get a better picture who I am.

 

Born and raised in a small West-German town of Minden Eckhardt Milz was spell bound by  the first animated Disney feature film he saw at the local cinema when seven years of age.  After years of painting, drawing and day dreaming he got some fame as a cartoonist for the local news paper, commissioned muralist and decorative painter.…

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Just another thank you and to let you know a nominal fee should be charged for all the work you do.  I like what you have developed and feel compensation is over due..especiilly since I can just barely LOG ON..untechnical as I am.  Thanks!  do what you need to do.   Joyce SNyder  ps.  hope we can still reach someone with technical problems ..easily.

About John Kilroy

A professional exhibiting fine artist for over 30 years and a unique progressive teacher of drawing, painting, design and sculpture for 20 years, graduated from The Art Institute of Boston, where he studied with Norman Baer and Walter Marks.  Both these brilliant teachers had a deep historical connection to the…

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Well??...what's the mystery????

I believe a few nerves were present this morning, and some very tense body language, as SEPA gathered for our pre- festival "Mystery Paintout". There was nothing to be worried about really, we didn't have plein air bungy jump painting..or plein air while water…

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The alley way in front of the garden store looks toward the main street and old glory. It is early morning and the sun throws deep shadows. I painted this in April while competing at Callaway Gardens Plein Air.

"Morning Glory", oil on canvas, 11"x14"

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We had an absolutely wonderful time in Alaska, and I had the most wonderful students to work with.  Alaskan artists are geared, wired to embrace their weather.  Rain, chill, mist, whatever the forecast...a bit of a shrug of the shoulders and a smile of assurance,…

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