Oatlands Plantation exhibit in Leesburg, Virginia ~ Potomac Artworks

7.04.2014

Oatlands Plantation exhibit in Leesburg, Virginia

July 1 - July 31--Sixteenth Annual Four Seasons of Oatlands Art Show & Sale

Monday-Saturday 10am until 5pm, Sunday 1pm until 5pm

Carriage House

The sixteenth annual Four Seasons of Oatlands Art Show and Sale will be displayed in Oatlands' historic Carriage House from July 1 through July 31. The show is free and open to the public. Look here for directions.

This juried show is a summer tradition for our regional arts community. Enjoy the work of some of the National Capital Area's best-known talent, as well as the work of new artists.
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I have three pastels of Italy juried into this exhibit.

Valle a Campania
4x10
pastel

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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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