Bahamas Windows on the Caribbean

In the Caribbean every window that you peer out of seems to offer a view of bright

foliage, blue sky and bright blue…

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Did this last Saturday at the Waukegan, IL beach. It was a new experience for me since I have never been there before. Funny how things are right there under your nose and you don't see them. This beach is well hidden from the public and I guess there has been some environmental issues with the area, so Waukegan is starting to revitalize it and clean it up. Nice day to plein air. Let me… Continue

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For many of us painting is our day job, or our part time job. But no matter which camp you might be in there are times that "real life" will intrude deeply into your painting time. It can be illness of a family member, yourself, financial issues, family drama- the list could be endless. Sometimes the break can be beneficial to your artwork, it can stop you when you are in a rut and just producing the same painting with no growth over and over. Other times it is totally inconvenient and you see… Continue

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View Slide Show of tropical seascapes painted en plein air.

I would like to personally invite everyone to the Big Cedar Lodge paint out Oct.21-23 Ridgedale , Mo. This is just south of Branson, Mo. if you do not know the area. The Big Cedar is a Premier Vacation Lodge which will be just gorgeous in Oct with all the wonderful fall colors.

This is the first year for the paint out in this location and we are going all out to make it a great one.

Interested persons should go to the…

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On Friday, August 7th, I attended an opening reception at The Henry Philips Gallery-The Hensche Gallery in Provincetown, MA and saw Lois Griffel's new works and purchased her new book...Painting Impressionist Color, Any Style, Any Medium. I have been carrying the book around and scribbling in the margins ever since...now I just need to get outside!

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The July issue of AAC has an article about my paintings called "Nature's Allure!" I am also on page 38 announcing my opening in Jackson Hole, Wyoming at the Ciao Gallery. I also have another piece on page 73.

Trains in the night shaking our hotel.......hot sun.....huge thunderheads and pouring rain..........I love Plein AIR!

©PhyllisO’Shields

2010



24 x 30…

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Fellow painter and husband Joe Vinson and I just returned from our second trip to the Roman Campagna in a month. Once again between work appointments we got ample time to paint. Even though we have been visiting and working in this area for almost 10 years this was the first opportunity we had to paint in Castel S. Elia, another location on the Grand Tour of open air itineraries in…

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In the Spring of 2004 I was allowed to hold a small sketch by J.M.W. Turner depicting a site that I had seen many times in life, a view of Borghetto in the Tiber Valley. This work was in a sketchbook of Turner now at the Tate Museum in London where Maddine Insalaco, my wife, and I were doing research on early outdoor painting. We’ve seen this place many times, including…

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