Mid August. A glorious time of year when I have, in the past, been painting en plein air all over the island from mid June through late August. It’s all a little different this season. Of course that is not news to you or me or anyone out there. My plein air group of artists, called AIRE MV, began painting in mid June. Our show will be held once again at Old Sculpin Gallery opening August 29. In April our group of eight artists met via zoom to discuss how to approach painting during a pandemic. We created a plan, a plan necessarily different than anything we had attempted before.
Our show needed a title. We decided on ‘The View from Here’.
We nixed our usual three promotional events and the opening reception. We cannot meet, as we like to, all at the same location painting at the same time. It’s always interesting to see how differently artists capture the same view. With all these events not happening we had to find a path forward. And we did.
Six concepts were created, each a broad reaching idea within which each artist was free to interpret however they liked. Here are the six concepts:
My Home & Surroundings
An Iconic Island Scene
Looking Up
Looking Down
Looking Out
Looking In
The approach has been an exciting challenge. Next week I’ll show are few pieces completed thus far by AIRE MV artists. I’ll be sending more details about our upcoming show. Be well. Be safe.
