yesterday i went and listened to mark nelson, a denver painter. he talked about the landscape, particularly the plein air landscape. i will be spending the next 2 mondays outdoors practicing this technique. plein air is not new to me. i spent 2 summers in DC with high school students, lugging all of our equipment in the 100 degree, 100% humidity. it was certainly a good experience, mostly because i got used to someone looking over my shoulder all day as i painted.
mark is an incredibly talented guy, but his work is not readily visible on the internet. luckily, my friend kelly berger, an aspiring painter herself, sent me a few photos. so here is one to share. i like his simple composition, with the actual "land" minimized into a very small strip. very dramatic, wouldn't you say?
wish me luck. as i said in the last post, i am a bit overwhelmed with the whole idea.
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| front range sunset by mark nelson |
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