Category Archives: Plein Air

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Twilight in Blair

This weekend, the Midlands Outdoor Painters Society (MOPS) met at the home of Barbara Yongue in Blair, SC for an evening paintout.  It was a new experience for most of us, painting as the almost-full […]

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Shelburne Road

This piece was painted on my last morning at Shelburne Farms in Vermont.   I was inspired by the back lighting of the early morning sun.   I painted on a red background to add […]

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Shelburne Cliffs

  This painting was done on my second morning at Shelburne Farms Inn in Vermont.  The early sun lit the edges of the cliffs while the distant hills were still covered in mist.  Once again […]

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Morning in Vermont

On the way to the Publisher’s Invitational Paintout in the Adirondacks, Barbara Yongue, Glenda Keyes, and I spent three days at Shelburne Farms Inn.   We arrived in the dark the first night and fell […]

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Gone Painting…

  This week I’m excited to be participating in Eric Rhoads’ Publisher’s Invitational Paint Out – Paint the Adirondacks.  We’re exploring the beautiful mountains and lakes of upstate New York that inspired the Hudson River […]

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Sandhill Lake

This weekend I was sorting out my painting supplies and eliminating extra weight so I could put it all in a backpack.   On recent trips to the mountains, I felt my equipment was heavy […]

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Tranquil Moment

This weekend the About Face group travelled to Cashiers, NC, to paint.  It’s always a challenge to scout painting locations and settle down to paint before the light changes.   On Saturday, part of the […]

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Last Light

Over the weekend, I participated in the Toe River Arts Council Plein Air Paintout in Burnsville, NC along with Barbara Yongue, Glenda Keyes, Jim Finch, Mark Conrardy, Pete Holland, and Roy Pachal.  We struggled with […]

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Impression of Soda City

On Saturday the About Face plein air group painted at Boyd Plaza in front of the Columbia Museum of Art.  We were practicing painting in an impressionistic style to promote the final weekend of the […]

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Paint Like an Impressionist

  Have you seen the Impressionism from Monet to Matisse exhibit at the Columbia Museum of Art?  The exhibit presents a broad overview of Impressionism and Post-impressionism from the Dixon Gallery and Gardens.  If you haven’t seen […]

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