Cafe in progress

Cafe painting in progress

Cafe in the Heat of the Day

Cafe in the Heat of the Day
16" x 20"
Oil on Canvas
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Expressionist Plein Air project assignment number three. Do studio expressionist piece from sketch, plein air, photo or imagination/memory.

My previous entry shows a study I did of a VanGogh cafe. This is our local cafe only instead of night mine is in the afternoon. I wasn't able to get the texture I wanted when I did the Van Gogh study so I used a palette knife to do most of this one. I'm trying to learn something new after painting in a closet for so many years. This has been a fun assignment.

Maeona Van Gogh

Maeona Van Gogh
A Study of
A Sidewalk Cafe at Night
by Vincent Van Gogh
18" x 14"
Oil on Canvas Board





Expressionist Plein Air Project

Assignment two was to do a painting from any painter who you feel has achieved expressionist landscape painting. So here is my feeble effort.

Seated Plein Air Painter

Seated Plein Air Painter
Oil on Canvas Board
14" x 18"






As a member of the Portland Plein Air Painters I have been working on a project called "Expressionist Plein Air". Since I have been trapped in studio painting for years this is a challenge for me. The first assignment was to do minimalist paintings in Plein Air. I first had to study some minimalist artwork to even get some idea. Well here is my effort. My friend Nancy and I went out painting on Sand Island, St. Helens Oregon. The green is the receding tree line heading down the beach. The tan is the beach. The blue sky. The red is her blouse. She was wearing white shorts and leaning toward her painting surface, which was pastel paper. The black under her is the shadow area cast by how she was seated.