Early Alaska Plein Air Workshop Paintings & Demos...and a couple others

Here is a batch from my personal inventory...many having not seen the light of day in some years.  While a few are local, the vast majority are from my first workshop plein air venture to Juneau, Alaska where I had a great group of artists to work with.  For a number of them, painting on location was fairly new and for others how to discipline and set up the palette and work with a specific palette strategy was to go to mode of instruction.  Its been said 90% of the time something is not quite right with a painting, it will come down to an issue of values.  We limited the palette number of colors to about five pigment colors, and limited values to three plus white...that is- dark, mid and light values plus white.  And demonstrated how to utilize halftones as a stage separate from the initial breaking of value groups down.  The painting process feels nearly like the subject is painting itself.  As time goes on, more color is added...but in Juneau on this trip was the fact of so much overcast skies and if it wasn't about to rain, did...though for short periods.  A lot of grays were observed. 

Decided it was time to let these oil studies find welcoming homes...and offering them at low ball prices to make that welcoming possibly happen. As a person of faith there are times to let things go at a fairer than fair price or even gift them.  Scripture says, "freely you have received, and freely you should give" and I feel more than blessed painting. First, I consider having developed eyes that see a gift that pays myself rich dividends...not to mention the emotional joyful mental and spiritual good health painting brings with brush held in hand.

If interested...private message me on Facebook, or Instagram, or leave a message thru this blog, or thru my artist site at FASO...and I'll red dot the work as soon as I can to indicate SOLD.  Also, there are a number of smaller batches below posted previously still available for you to look over also if interested.  To purchase, I will provide an encrypted safe PaypalME link...and factor $7-10 for shipping.  Thank you

 

"Chilkats-Gastineau Channel"  8x10 plein air  $200

"Off to Work"- Chilkats 8x10 plein air  $200

 "Gift Shopping Franklin Ave!" plein air $200

 

"Green Bay Wildlife Sanctuary" 8x10 plein air $200

"Chilkat Mountain Valley- Juneau" plein air 6x12 $200

"Juneau, Alaska- Morning's Light" plein air 8x10 $200

Juneau "Peak Cloud Study"  plein air 9x12  $250

Lower Strong Falls Study 10x8 linen  $200

"Onions, Peppers & Crackers" 8x10 linen $200

Presque Isle- Marquette "Backside of the Light" 9x12  $250

"Summer Dusk Reed Beg 10x8 plein air $200

"Wetmore Landing- Beach view"- Marquette plein air $200