The Muse Collection ~ Potomac Artworks

9.06.2010

The Muse Collection

Not only is it fun to be a part of a collection, it is great fun to be within a collection.

Left is Tex Forrest, a Workhouse metal fabrication artist, showing my son, Jasper, his 3x3 box. Jasper was thrilled to be able to show off his own as well.

Below is the poster explaining the Muse Collection, as it appears amongst the overall Centennial Exhibit.

Look closely and you see my son and me, along with my piece of art, and we appear IN the exhibit. It's trippy!

The exhibit runs until September 12.

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The Charm of en Plein Air

Much of my work is done en plein air, French for "in the open air." People often associate it with the Impressionists, but the move to paint outside preceded them by a number of decades. The trend to appreciate landscapes as a genre at all was new for the time.

Several characteristics contribute to the distinctive beauty of en plein air painting. They are generally smaller in size in order to be able to capture a scene in a single sitting. Because of the time limit and environmental factors such as the sun and shadows moving, they often lack extensive details and might appear slightly fuzzy or unfinished. Lastly, they tend to have a freshness and spontaneity which makes them impossible to compare to traditional and methodological studio work. That said, my own studio work tends toward the same feel as en plein air, which then identifies my overall style: softness with an edge.

My aim when painting en plein air is for alla prima paintings, which roughly translates for me as "what happens outside, stays outside." It adds another level of difficulty to the work.

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