Plein air painting (painting from observation in the landscape) is an approach to painting that was established by the French Barbizon School painters in the 1830’s. I have been making small, quick observational paintings in this way since 1997. These images are then transformed in the studio into larger works that utilize a varied grammar of painting to explore states of perceptual and psychological dissonance.
Archway
2014
Oil on linen
10 x 10 inches
Plein Air Landscapes (2003- present)