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Plein air portfolio (22)

Created on: February 08, 2018
I wouldn't be here if I didn't love painting outdoors. I am a confident painter, but unfortunately with no formal training and bad eyesight. A few years back, laser eye surgery made my eyes too sensitive to light but I am learning to use my eyes in other ways. So if you see me painting with my sunglasses on, you’ll know why. I now focus on composition, line and shape, not values or light as I cannot distinguish value subtleties when I’m outdoors. I am more comfortable painting large format due to a preference for gestural lines. Plein air is like boot camp for me. I do it and consider it ‘training’. It strengthens the muscles that I use in the studio. I spend six months of the year in Canada but when I'm in Texas, plein air road trips are my favourite. Thank you OPS for giving me a safe group to travel and hang out with.
  • My first attempt at the Paint Historic Waxahachie event (2016). Boyce Feed and Grain Store, Waxahachie.
  • Plano, TX. The old school house at the Heritage Farmstead Museum. This was my first time with Outdoor Painters Society. Thank you for the inspiration.
  • San Antonio, TX. Mission San Juan.
  • Waxahachie, TX
  • Corsicana, TX
  • Corsicana, TX
  • Matagorda birding centre, TX
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Shiner, TX
  • Llano, TX
  • Fredericksburg, TX
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Corsicana, TX
  • Corsicana, TX
  • Palo Duro Canyon, TX
  • Lubbock, TX
  • Lubbock, TX
  • Palo Duro Canyon, TX
  • Galveston, TX
  • Palacios, TX
  • Bolivar Peninsula, TX
  • Frio Rio, TX

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