At Days End by Bethanne Kinsella Cople   30×30″  Oil

Bethanne Kinsella Cople. Nice work. Different! I like that she has texture to her paintings. Wonderful reflections in the water. One of my favorite parts of this painting are the highlighted tree trunks. A small thing like that makes a big diffence.

Though the winds are still by Bethanne Kinsella Cople  8×8″  Oil

This small painting has some feeling going on, doesn’t it? It looks as if a storm might be brewing. Bethanne’s trees are fabulous. I love scruffy trees. It’s how they are in real life, not perfect and symmetrical. I guess that may be why I like the Christmas trees that are a bit different, even “Charlie Brown’ish”. Character. Tons of it! Nice work!

Are you looking for a wonderful workshop in a location that is out of this world? How about Provence, France?? Woohoo! Bethanne will be teaching a workshop in Provence, France this June 19th to 25th 2016. She just finished teaching one the beginning of October and said the trip was amazing. You can read about it in the Huff Harrington Blog!

Read a bit about Bethanne, from her website:

Bethanne’s plein air landscape paintings are known for their lush painterly quality. Loosely painted yet realist, they invite the viewer to experience each painting anew with every observation. This quality gives her paintings a timeless appeal. Using expressive brushwork and a finely honed sense of color, she creates a powerful image with both depth and beauty.
     With a well defined style, Bethanne paints a diverse range of subjects. She fills her paintings with compelling skies and calming landscapes. Her paintings capture scenes of brilliant snow, rich farmlands, and the varied shores of the East and West coasts. Landscapes are her passion and she travels far and  wide for subjects.
     “I love painting the landscape en plein air. In the outdoors you can incorporate not only what you see, but the sounds and the smells of the landscape. All of this lets me convey the sense of wonder that I feel at the subject.” Bethanne has painted in blizzards in the Wasatch Mountains in Utah, on steep cliffs in Monhegan Island, Maine, in strong gales along the rugged northern California coast and the sanctuary of summer and winter on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Potomac River in Virginia, and the east end of Long Island, NY. “I love being in the outdoors painting. It rejuvenates me in a way painting in the studio can’t.”
     From the time Bethanne began painting professionally and entering competitions, she has been earning recognition for her work. Most recently, she received “Award of Excellence” at the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters 2012 National Show, Grand Teton National Park, “Dick Bell Bookmaven Award of Excellance”at the American Impressionist Society National Show 2010, “People’s Choice Award”, at the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, New York exhibition and “Best Pastoral”, at the Plein Air-Easton 2005 and 2006 Invitational Paintouts, Easton, Maryland.  She also received “Honorable Mention” at the Eleventh and Fifteenth Annual Invitational Paintouts, Carmel, California, and “Best Traditional Painting,” 107th and 113thAnnual Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Open Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York City.  She was also honored as “an artist to watch” by Southwest Art Magazine February 2006 landscape addition and served two terms as President of American Women Artists.
     Bethanne has also succeeded commercially with her wide range of plein air paintings. Her landscapes appear in both public and private collections in Europe and the United States. “I am passionate about painting, admittedly to the point of obsession on occasion.” Her family supports and embraces her passion. “My husband was the first one to encourage me. Before we were married, he saw my work and pushed me to pursue art in college, everything else is history.”
Bethanne lives in Historic Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia and East Hampton, NY with her husband and two daughters. “We love to travel together, which includes skiing in Park City, Utah every winter and exploring beautiful Assateague Island seashore in Virginia, where the wild ponies run every summer. I always manage to paint whenever we travel. My family understands and supports me, though I think they shake their heads at me sometimes.” Bethanne also travels to France every year where she paints and conducts workshops.
    Bethanne is represented by Huff Harrington Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia;  Principle Gallery in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia; Gallerie Amsterdam in Carmel, California; Carmen’s Gallery in Solomons Island, Maryland; The William Ris Gallery in Stone Harbor, New Jersey.

Images via BethanneKinsellaCople.com, used with permission…

Images are not for reproduction, they are property of the artist.

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Champagne with Dr. Seuss by Everett Raymond Kinstler  25×30″

Christopher Plummer as Prospero by Everett Raymond Kinstler

All images via EverettRaymondKinstler.com, used with permission…

Images are not for reproduction, they are property of the artist.

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Welcome Home by Kathy Hirsh  8×10″  Oil

Sweet painting, isn’t it? Welcome Home leaves you with a wonderful feeling. Kind of like when you return from a long vacation to your own home which is so inviting. Comfy bed, wonderful shower, pretty flowers… just a good feeling! Nice shadows and colors without being overworked.

If you’re in the Oak Park, Illinois area, check out Kathy’s classes! While you’re there be sure to check out her other paintings!

Read a bit about Kathy, from her website:

Telluride mountains, hay fields in the south of France, rice paddies in Nepal, religious ceremonies in India, sunset in Mongolia-I have been privileged to paint en plein air in remarkable destinations. Living in Nepal and China for 15 years and now back in the states, whether I’m in the studio or out in the landscape-I’m working to capture the stunning color, the light quality and the juxtaposition of form and atmosphere.

As a medical illustrator I worked primarily in black and white for 25 years illustrating surgical procedures. While not exactly coffee table books, I was a best seller on the surgical textbook circuit.  For years I spent my days in operating rooms (like being a courtroom artist, but the defendant is unconscious). Now working in color, it feels like every painting day is a celebration.

Image via KathyHirsh.com, used with permission…

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Portland by Martha Burkert  48×36″  Oil

Martha Burkert. A cool perspective and a unique eye. She has a way of making things wonderful with color.

Martha has her “Simple Gifts” show going on now at the Elizabeth Moss Galleries, located in Falmouth, Maine. The show runs through November 14, 2015, so if you’re in the area, be sure to stop in and check it out. It’s going to be fantastic! The painting, Portland, is part of the show!

Read a blip about Martha, from her website:

I am primarily a landscape painter. The landscape and architecture that surround me are my favorite jumping off points. I push and pull color around these forms trying to find combinations that feel right. I am not restrained by local color or the hard and fast rules of perspective. The application of paint, the resonance of colors against each other, the muscularity of shapes and the temperature of light and dark are my guides.

Image via MarthaBurkert.com, used with permission…

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David Arms. An extraordinary artist with beautiful paintings. Meaningful and exquisite. A delight to browse through. Gorgeous paintings, a lovely studio and then… there is the gallery. Wow. Wow. Wow. I think I could live in it! Everything is absolutely exquisite! Could it be any sweeter? When you look through David’s images on his website you’ll see a photo of it at night. Wow!

Still by David Arms 11×7″

It’s no secret, I love David’s work. This painting, STILL is so perfect for autumn! His paintings are beautiful, many have wonderful messages – you have to see to believe!

David has a wonderful studio click that link to see how beautiful!

Be sure to check out David’s Journal – he has one classy, well thought out website – FIVE STARS! Be sure to check it out!

Read a bit about David from his website (check website for more)!

David Arms was born in 1956 in east Tennessee along with two older brothers who still reside there. His father was a businessman and raised treasured bird dogs. His mother was a homemaker and still enjoys travel and her grandchildren. Growing up, he spent his summers and holidays with a beloved aunt who lived between nowhere and somewhere Tennessee. David had a fairly typical small town childhood – sand lot baseball, church potlucks and an occasional dabbling in art…the soul of the painter however was starting to stir. His mind’s eye was mixing the summer blues and autumn golds on an imaginary palette as he wandered back roads in the shadow of the Smoky Mountains.

After a rather ordinary high school experience, David headed west to Tennessee Tech in an old faded yellow Volkswagen Beetle. Leaving short of graduation, his path eventually landed him in Nashville – the place he has called home since. It was there he was introduced to the world of “special events”, where he soon became known throughout the country for his designs of high profile corporate and social events. His imagination, attention to detail and ability to seemingly create “something out of nothing” resulted in numerous awards for his work.

An ordained, random event then became an intersection in his life.

Having married and moved into their first home, he and his wife needed a large painting to fill a large frame for a large vacant wall. The artist (who had been there all along) suddenly emerged. Almost as if someone else was guiding his hands…a painting filled the canvas.

With a grand leap of faith, his hobby became his calling and his life’s work.

With his wife and two daughters close by, David spends his days in a sun drenched studio filled with Classical and Americana music, french press coffee, books and patchouli. But some days he prefers to paint in the quiet, inspired by the sparrows, wrens and chickadees living at his window. It is here that he creates images that transport you from what you see into that sometimes faraway place of what you feel and what you believe – and his wish is that the viewer look long enough to walk away with a renewed sense of hope.

Let your eyes search his paintings and may you be blessed as you find a place to rest, hope for your heart, light for the darkness…and continue on…as we stumble on…this journey together down Redemption Road.

Wow! What a great story! Catch you back here tomorrow!