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    Plein Air Works done from 2004 through 2009

NEW - Escalante 2009 Photos and Paintings

I did 5 paintings over 4 splendid days around Escalante with near perfect weather.  Here are the thumbnails which you can click on to see a larger image.

My pastel "Escalante Sandstone Patterns" won 3rd Place Award and was sold during the Silent Auction for $ 335.  It was a 9" x 12" pastel done on Wallis paper and was a blast to do as I hurried to capture the retreating shadows.  Here is a thumbnail.  Click to view the larger image.   The oil painting I entered in the competition ("Escalante Canyons Shadows" oil 16" x 20") did not win an award but represents my most bold oil to date with lots of color and the use of complimentary color underpainting, which interestingly I did on all 5 paintings this week.  It represents a new approach which gives me more confidence.  

  "Escalante Sandstone Patterns" pastel 9" x 12"      

"Escalante Canyons Shadows" oil 16" x 20"

Here are the other three paintings I did

"Looking Into the Circle Cliffs From Boulder Mountain" pastel 8" x 11"

"Under the Circle Cliffs" pastel 9" x 6" (This also SOLD)

"Boulder Canyon Shadows" oil 11" x 14"

Plein Air is a popular trend in art lately.  The term in French means "in open air" and is best described as smaller paintings done entirely outdoors. The artist transports their art supplies to the site and he/she then tries to capture the scene quickly before the light conditions change.  The photos below are works I did in the Escalante Canyons Working Art Festival in September 2008.  For more detail about this recent adventure, be sure to click here.