Vienna Arts Society Treasury of Art ~ Potomac Artworks

11.21.2014

Vienna Arts Society Treasury of Art

From the Vienna Arts Society webpage: Juror Deborah Ellis will select 150 – 200 original works of art, and hundreds of bin pieces will be for sale. Over $1,700 in cash and merchandise will be awarded on Friday, November 21. On Saturday, November 22, the Difficult Run String Band will perform.

Vienna Community Center
120 Cherry Street
Vienna, Virginia 22180

SHOW SCHEDULE
Friday, November 21, 2014 10:00am–9:00pm
Awards Reception: Friday, November 21, 7:00pm–9:00pm
Saturday, November 22, 2014 10:00am–7:00pm
Sunday, November 23, 2014 12:00pm–4:00pm

I have one painting juried into this highly selective exhibit:

Poppies on Black
soft pastel on black Canson
8x10
SOLD

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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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