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Plein Air Gallery
New Mexico Plein Air
Polularized by the French Impressionist painters of the nineteenth century, plein air painting has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity world-wide. Plein air paintings are produced on location in the open air to capture the effects of light and color on the landscape. They are challenging as one must deal with weather and the elements, simplifying the subject and painting quickly. They are the best way to capture the transient efeccts of light and shadow in nature. For me, plein air painting is not an end unto itself, but a way to gather information that photographs cannot reproduce as a reference for large, more refined works in the studio where time is not a factor.
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