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Different Light and Colors of Florida

3/17/2015 1:44:49 PM
by Keiko Tanabe - Comment on this

If you come from elsewhere, as soon as you arrive, you will notice the light is quite different in southwest Florida. It's more bright and intense than most places as if it would want to expose everything under the sun. Also, the air feels a little more damp than what I am used to in California, and that, together with the strong sunlight, brings out pure colors from everything I see.

Last week, blessed with the good weather, I had opportunities to go out painting en plein air in and around Naples, Florida. I tell people that I am more of a tonalist than a colorist but painting surrounded by bursting colors can be an experience powerful enough to make me change my usual approach. Yes, I enjoyed so much splashing colors in the plein-air work I made over there.

Last but not least, I would like to thank everyone who chose to attend my workshop at the Center for the Arts in Bonita Springs last week. I was very pleased and impressed with the level of enthusiasm and all the fabulous results everyone produced in five intense painting days in the Center's spacious studio.

I am deeply grateful that the Center for the Arts in Bonita Springs has invited me to do 2 more workshops (1 studio, 1 plein-air) back-to-back in January 2016. If you're interested, please contact the Center directly for more information and registration.