Coeruleum Blue: Plein Air Class, Week Four

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Plein Air Class, Week Four

Here is the painting I did for week four for my plein air class. It is in oil on a 11 by 14 inch canvas. It was painted at the Tucson Botanical Gardens.

Since I was not there for week three, I had only one session to complete this painting. I went as quick as I could with no under-painting, finishing it in about three hours.

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Artist's Statement

Some have described me as worldly; I enjoy international cuisine, fine wine, and world travel. All that would be meaningless, however, if I could not put it on canvas. I guess then that I am a worldly painter.

Many of my paintings show scenes in the kitchen, the most important room in the house, a meeting place for friends and family. Others relive the travel adventures my wife and I have taken to intriguing places. Through it all, I try to use the classic techniques of the old masters but with modern pigments and mediums.

Painting time is a peaceful time, a time of deep concentration. It is alone time. It is a time spent between me and the canvas. Each painting I do is like a journey to a city that I've never been to before. No matter how much I prepare, I do not know what it will be like until I get there.