"Mud Creek" Oil on Canvas Panel 14"x11"
"Hickey's" 16"x20" Oil on Canvas Well, I am back from what was an amazing week of work and fun. A week later and I am just now starting to catch up my rest. What a beautiful area!
The weather was wonderful, given the fact it rained a few times. The painting "Hickeys" was done during a rain session. I flipped up the back door on my Jeep and stuck my umbrella up, and got down to business. I had to keep soaking up the rain in my easel every few minutes though. The constant overcast made for a great tonal painting session, I took advantage of it and did a larger size than I normally would in an event.
I can't say enough about how well run this event was. These people know what they are doing. On top of that what a wonderful group. We were all treated with the up most respect and kindness.
My host for the week, Vicki and Lyle Amundson were amazingly gracious. I not only had one of the most comfortable beds I ever slept in, I ended up with two friends. Their wonderful home was located in Baileys Harbor in the woods. You talk about quiet.
I ended up with my camera stolen, so I lost all of my images I had taken to share on here. Thanks to Bridgette Turner, who was in the festival as well, I have a couple of images you see on here now. I did 13 paintings altogether by the end of the week. I left two up there till the end of the show.
I started the first painting day of the week with a sunrise that I ended up scraping off. I quickly found another location and started over. I ended up with 4 paintings the first day anyway. By the end of the week I had slowed down, but feel I got better results for it.
The last painting I did was at the Quick Paint at Clark Park in Fish Creek. It was a 9"x12" of a sail boat in the harbor. I drew first up in the auction and watched my painting sale before I even realized what was happening. There was a huge crowd at the park, and I had to be careful when backing up from my painting, so as not to trip over someone.
Again, it was an exhausting week, with so many wonderful people and places to paint. I would go back in a heart beat if asked next year.
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Chuck is absolutely right in his comments on the Door County Plein Air Festival being a great event. The staff and volunteers of the Peninsula School of Art did a terrific job and I too thank every one of them. The Festival is quickly on its way to becoming the "it" invitation.
Perhaps the best thing about the location is the Light! There was a softness to it. It was some of the most atmospheric light I have painted in. The beauty of it was for that 6 days we were there you could find 100 ways to interrupt it.
Bridgette Turner
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