Posts Tagged “plein air”

Plein Air Painting Workshop in Mississippi

By admin | January 12, 2011

Good morning everyone! I wanted to let you all know that I will be holding a plein air painting workshop in the near future. This is going to be a plein air workshop, Saturday and Sunday, April 16 and 17th. It will include the basics of on location painting techniques…instruction in color, design, composition and [...]

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Foggy Morning on the Wharf Painting by Robert Cartmell

By admin | January 2, 2011

My dad was the greatest influence of my painting career. He took the time to start me painting at the age of 5, and was the one that encouraged me to become an artist. His paintings followed a strong New England tradition of style, as did Emile Gruppe’, Edward Harrington and Marshall Joyce as well [...]

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Road To The Light Mississippi Sunset Painting

By admin | December 30, 2010

This is a large studio piece I did from a smaller painting done on location one summer night this past summer. There was this typical red clay road leading through the field towards the sunset. Earlier that day was the tail end of a summer storm so the cloud formation was just absolutely beautiful. At [...]

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Southern Mississippi Sunset Oil Painting at Last Light

By admin | December 27, 2010

This is one of the many places I return to paint plein air. I start to paint and hold off until the right moment to capture the sunset at its best moment. I tried to compose this painting with the sun right on the “golden section”. I always try to avoid placing where I want [...]

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