Featured Artist… Tim Kelly!

On July 31, 2013July 31, 2013 By Barbara StroudIn ART, Featured ArtistLeave a comment

"The Red Hen" by Tim Kelly [image] — “The Red Hen” by Tim Kelly
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The Red Hen is Plein Air Easton’s headquarters – what a neat painting! He captured it quite perfectly!

"Rest For the Weary" by Tim Kelly [image] — “Rest for the Weary” by Tim Kelly
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Tim painted this in his car while it was pouring rain, is that dedication or what? I love the light in the trees behind the truck… awesome!

Read about “Rest for the Weary” from OutdoorPainter.com:

The Grand Prize Winner at the Easels event in Frederick, Maryland, at the end of June was painted in inclement weather — but the artist stayed dry. “It was a rainy day in downtown Frederick at the intersection of East and 3rd Street that paid off,” the winning artist, Russell Jewell, wrote in his blog. “I painted the scene from the front seat of my car as the rain poured down.”

Here’s a blip about Tim from his website (a good one), click HERE to read in its entirety:

In recent years I’ve taken to direct painting. This work can be seen on the FIELD STUDIES page. All of the work you’ll see here was painted on site and completed in a single session. Also in this page are interior studies. The medium is oil, usually on a masonite panel. The dimensions range from 6″ to 28″, average size is 16″ x 12″. Each painting takes 1 to 3 hours to complete. This type of painting can be a challenge for an artist. Gotta be quick, gotta get it right.

Catch you back here tomorrow!

Plein Air Easton (MD) – TODAY thru July 21, 2013!

On July 15, 2013July 15, 2013 By Barbara StroudIn ART2 Comments

If you are anywhere near Easton, MD you might want to take the time to check out Plein Air Easton. This is an event filled with some of the best artists… all busily painting away… Just to name a few… Ken DeWaard, Tim Bell, Eric Bowman, Cindy Baron, the list is long, check out the LIST OF ARTISTS PARTICIPATING this year (and read a little blip about each one)!

Also find out the details, times, locations of where artists are painting by clicking HERE…

Don’t miss the Quick Draw Competition!

From the Plein Air Easton website:

Quick Draw Competition

Saturday, July 20th, 2013 – 10:00am to 12:00pm

Watch as nearly 200 artists, competition painters, professionals, amateurs, and simply the adventurous compete and have fun as they paint out for 2 hours in Downtown, Easton.

Location: Downtown Easton, MD (map)

Phone:

410-822-7297

The Quick Draw Competition is a plein air painting competition, exhibit and sale that is open to any one registered who wishes to participate. More than 160 artists, competition painters, professionals, amateurs and the simply adventurous compete and have fun. These artists have only six blocks and two hours to complete their works. During this short time, all registered Quick Draw participants will set up their supplies and paint or draw en plein air in downtown Easton.

This is one of the most compelling experiences of the week. Together, artists and spectators are immersed in the creative process. See the scenes and how the artists interpret them. Smell the wet paint and get caught up in the excitement of watching 100’s of painting come to life before your eyes!

After the paint out, an exhibit is held on Harrison Street and paintings are exhibited on the easels on which they were created. The paintings will be judeged by Plein Air-Easton! Competition Judge, Don Demers, and awards will be presented at 1:30pm. The exhibit and all of its paintings will be removed at 2pm. Winning Quick Draw paintings will be on display at the Academy Art Museum until 4pm on Sunday. Everything about the Quick Draw is quick…so do not miss out!

Click HERE for the calendar to find out what’s going on each day…

Catch you back here tomorrow!

Featured Artist… Paul Bachem!

On August 6, 2012December 8, 2013 By Barbara StroudIn ART, Featured ArtistLeave a comment

“The 5th of July” by Paul Bachem

I think this is the sweetest painting… of course, those of you who know me, know I LOVE a flag in a painting, it truly makes it pop! I love the shadows and light in this painting, and that front porch is amazing! Paul Bachem, now that’s a name that those of you who are familiar with Plein Air Easton 2012 will recognize. He won the Utrecht award for Best Use of Light in his painting entitled “Moored at Dawn”. Very nice! I encourage you to take a look at his website. Very nice paintings, and WOOHOO for the Plein Air Easton award… not easy!

“Fresh Seafood” by Paul Bachem

Here’s a blip about Paul from his website:

Paul Bachem was born and raised on the North Shore of Long Island, east of New York City. He studied with Harold Ransom Stevenson and Alma Gallanos Stevenson from 1975 till 1977. During that time Paul was a member of the Stevenson’s Atelier program which was a two year period of intense study of the traditional craft of drawing and painting.

Upon leaving the Stevensons, Paul began a long career as a freelance illustrator. He has worked for clients in New York City, across the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. A partial list of clients includes Random House, Simon and Schuster, Scholastic Inc., Weldon Owen Pty, Ltd., The Pleasant Company, Coty, Field and Stream, Forbes, and numerous advertising agencies. He was awarded a certificate of merit at the Society of Illustrators 35th annual exhibition. Paul’s work is in the permanent collection of the Forbes Gallery in New York.

Over the past few years he has spent more and more time pursuing his passion for plein air painting. He is an associate member of the New York Plein Air Painters and a founding member of the Long Island Plein Air Painters Society. He is represented by Gallery North in Setauket, New York, LaMantia Gallery in Northport, New York (where he was named Best in Show at the first annual Northport Plein Air Event) and Robert Paul Galleries in Stowe, VT. He has been selected twice for inclusion in the Greenwich Workshop’s Small Works North America Exhibition and Sale. His painting “Wild Sweet William” was awarded with inclusion in the Top 40 of that exhibition. Paul was also the featured artist in “Informed Collector” magazine in April of 2009. He has been included in the FAV 15% of the Fine Art Studio Online Monthly painting competition ten times, most recently in March of 2011. Paul has participated in numerous East Coast Plein Air events including Plein Air Easton 2010 and 2011 as well as the Wayne Plein Air event in Wayne, PA and Cranford, NJ “Paint the Town 2011” where his painting “Greetings from Asbury Park” was awarded 3rd prize.

Aside from painting, Paul enjoys playing classical guitar and chess. Of the two he is considered to be a very talented painter!

He lives and works in Locust Valley, New York with his wife Janice, herself a talented painter and sculptor.

Great work Paul, I wish you much success! Catch you back here tomorrow!