West Coast Lady Painter Dixie MacUisdin
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Gone Painting

1/4/2016

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Not all painting must be accomplished in one’s garret. Aside from leaving the garret to teach, another great reason is to go paint on location. Since my time at university, I have found painting on location and especially out of doors to be rewarding and good practice. It is good practice because it is a challenge – a challenge to seeing, a challenge to skill, a challenge to colour mixing, a challenge to speed. Anytime a painter paints outside, the scene is usually subject to change in a very short time. Generally, when painting on the West Coast, my goal is to complete a painting or have it very well established within half an hour, after that time it is a work-from-memory situation as the whole composition could have and probably has changed dramatically from when it was first started. A plein air painting has the special quality of being a moment in time captured in paint.

This entry was first posted on August 2, 2014.

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“Gloria” – A sunrise painted on location at Jordan River. Watercolour on gessoed paper.
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  • About
    • About the Artist
    • Artist Statement
    • Curriculum Vitae
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    • Watercolour Gallery
    • Paintings & Poetry
    • The Painting's Journey >
      • Big Salmon Project
      • Poppy Abstract
      • Flights of Fancy
    • Archives: Watercolours >
      • Trees
      • Flowers
      • Watercolour With Ink
      • Watercolours on Gessoed Paper
      • Watercolour Abstractions
      • Illustrations
    • Archives: Acrylics >
      • Abstraction
      • Flowers
      • Archives - Ships and Lighthouses
    • Archives: Plein Air >
      • Watercolours
  • Shows and Events
  • Classes
    • Online Art Courses via Zoom
    • Arts Centre at Cedar Hill
    • Monterey Centre
    • Esquimalt Community Arts Hub
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