16 Tuesday Dec 2014
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9 x 12 Oil Painting “Home Sweet Homestead” in its final stages on location.
Home Sweet Homestead, 9 x 12 Oil on Ampersand Museum Series Gessoboard, Plein Air $350
John R Park Homestead is one my favorite places to paint. It is part of the Essex Region Conservation Authority. I paint on location here many times a year, and demonstrate plein air painting at many of their festivals. This beautifully preserved classic revival 19th century home was built 1842 on the north shore of Lake Erie.
15 Monday Dec 2014
Posted in Art, Oil, Oil painting, Plein Air
I am pleased to announce that my membership application to the Oil Painters of America was approved today.
Ambassador Bridge from McKee Park on a lovely sunny day. Work in Progress (photo credit Nancy Bauer)
10 Wednesday Dec 2014
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Dexter Nightlife, Plein Air Commission. 8 x 10 Oil on panel. NFS
I will deliver this painting to the Red Brick Restaurant in Dexter this week. I was painting Night Visions at the Paint Dexter Plein Air Festival, and the owner asked for a commission of her restaurant. I came back on the last night of the event to complete the work. The temperature dropped down into the 50’s! This was August! I was not dressed for it, and ended up having to leave before I finished it. I ended up with laryngitis, but thankfully it didn’t last long. The laryngitis probably was due to all the talking I did during the event. Most of the work was completed on location. I added the people, benches and window lettering from a photo. So, I think you can classify this as plein air.
01 Monday Dec 2014
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It seems I’m behind on a few paintings. The group went out to paint December 1st at Ojibway Park. While winter weather had not quite set in yet, it was chilly, and damp. The water in the creek at Ojibway Park had not yet frozen over. Looking across the road from the Park entrance I could see a neighboring house. This corner of the creek was almost choked with reeds, not an easy subject at all.
On the Verge of Winter, Ojibway. Plein Air 9 x 12 Oil on Ampersand Museum Series Gessoboard, Plein Air $350
Paiting the reed filled corner of the creek at Ojibway on Dec 1, 2014
Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald, Plein Air Artist 