Niagara Falls Plein air painting art workshop Sept 11-12, 2015

American Contemporary plein air painter. Paint Niagara September 11-12, 2015 More details at http://artworkshops.homestead.com/niagara.html Only a few more outdoor workshops left in the Niagara Region for 2015. Toll free for more info or to register 800.393.7270

Something on another theme

American Contemporary plein air painter.

Something on another theme I work on occasionally
"Summer Dance" acrylic on board

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Plein Air Painter - Last workshop & LOCAL COLOR the Movie

Plein Air Painter - Last workshop & LOCAL COLOR the Movie



The last of the outdoor workshop in Niagara Falls was this past weekend.
The weather was a bit chilly but the creativity and enthusiasm was flowing !



On Sunday we painted at the School of Horticulture and on Monday, we painted
at Dufferin Islands.

Last month I got the chance to work with some of the best Artists working today.
American Artist magazine Masters Weekend featured Richard Schmid, Kevin Macpherson,Frank Serrano, Skip Whitcomb to name a few.
I also met Director/Producer/Artist George Gallo who did a sunrise demo in Glen Eyrie
Park in Colorado Springs.
If you have not seen his life inspired film LOCAL COLOR - see it soon.
We had a showing in Colorado & just today, I received my own copy.

A heartwarming film.
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Plein Air painting demo - Niagara Falls, Canada

Plein air painting demo at the last plein air painter workshop for 2008 in Niagara Falls, Canada.
The weather was so gorgeous for the plein air painting workshop - hard to believe it was only 10 days ago.
We had a full day at Niagara Falls with fab October clouds moving in and out, making for dramatic lighting patterns moving quickly throughout the day.
On Sunday, we spent the day painting in downtown Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls downtown is the site of the newly formed art community with a fair amount of traffic on weekends.
Nice to see the locals supporting the arts.
The video is from my point and shoot, so not a great resolution but...you get the idea.


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Niagara Falls art workshop

October skies at the American Falls.
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We were painting in acrylics this time. I finally got the chance to try the Chroma Interactive paints and found the secret to working with them best - at least for me.

Taking advantage of their unique blending and playing with their removing capabilities, there definitely was more depth in the finishing of the spray and water at the Falls.
No medium was needed for transparency of the whites.

A huge improvement over conventional acrylics. Hard to play with new mediums for the first time plein air painting but, though it took me over a year - the timing was right.
Lynne and her Mom in front of Lynne's painting in progress

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Plein air painting - Niagara Falls to Quebec

The next morning the smell of wonderful pastries home baked by Marielle at the Maison du Fort, came wafting up to the second floor.
A great start to a long day of painting.
In the morning, I painted at Place Royale. I had painted there 4 years ago, and found it a difficult subject - too many doors- too many windows - I was painting in watercolor, this time I was using the M.Graham Oils. I picked a simple composition, choosing to leave out a statue bust of Louis XV standing in the middle of the square. Again, there was construction going on.

In the afternoon, walking around for hours, brought me to the le petite Champlain, a grouping of small quaint shops , not far from Place Royale. Chasing the sun, both to get warm and more dramatic lighting, was tiring and Brandy and I settled on this tiny alley and painted till the sun started to go down.

We then, had another great meal and hospitality at Primavera Restaurant. Just to keep up my strength, ;) I had 4 cheese ravioli and bruschetta.
From there, we headed down to do our last painting of the day.
The corner restaurant - Musee du Fort. The corner has a bit of lighting, and we were kept company by a local sax musician for most of the time we painted, along with many curious onlookers, who no doubt, do not see too many painters out at night.

This is one of my favorites from the trip.

Finis at 9:45 pm, we headed back to the hotel - tired but, feeling great about the day.

We missed another painter friend, Mario, who had come to the hotel to paint with us. We walked around so much, he could never have found us !

Original Oils on linen
All paintings available for purchase

to be continued...

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