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| Wendy Park oil/canvas 20 x 16 x .5 |
goes off to plein-air painters everywhere. Or should I say "blows off"? My Sunday was spent at Wendy Park just off the flats in Cleveland painting in the Color Me Cleveland event. Traditionally a studio painter where everything I need and want is at my fingertips, making the adjustment to outdoor painting is always a challenge and a bit of a surprise. The wind gusts were unbelievable! Even the duct tape gave way at one point as the painting sailed off and landed, of course, face down in the dry grass. What's a bit of texture? Then the final gust mid-afternoon tipped over my tray table holding the turp, the medium and the olive oil which were quickly absorbed into the hard ground. The painting was left a bit unresolved, but I was finished for the day.
The Color Me Cleveland works will be on display at
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve from
August 16 - 20, then auctioned on August 21 from 5:30 - 9 pm. Contact Artists Archives for more information, especially if you are looking for something with texture.
