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San Diego + Plein Air Painting = A Perfect Match for Me

4/16/2017 8:40:08 PM

Knowing I'm an avid plein-air painter who travels around the world often, many people ask me where my favorite place to paint is.  I could name spots in the Mediterranean region, Japan, California, etc...  but that's not an easy one to answer, in fact, because, to be honest, it is not really where or what to paint that I consider the most important when it comes to plein-air painting.   What grabs me, what inspires me, what excites me can be found anywhere and can happen any time.  Then, if I take the time, or seize the moment, I will begin to establish [...]

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Plein Air or Studio?

4/2/2017 9:26:09 AM

"Everything that is painted directly and on the spot has always a strength, a power, a vivacity of touch which one cannot recover in the studio... three strokes of a brush in front of nature are worth more than two days of work at the easel."  - Eugene Boudin   When I became a full-time painter back in 2005, there was no question in my mind that landscapes must be painted directly from nature.  I had no one telling me to do this but I started painting outside once or twice a week in the same year.  With very little experience and almost [...]

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