FREEDOM PORTABLES
So much for worrying about what my students want to paint. I'm always looking for beautiful and memorable places to paint. Last week I took my plein air class to Port Salerno to paint and I was planning on painting a wonderful scene of old fishing boats in the harbor with seagulls hovering in the air and amazing clouds billowing in the sky. Well that not exactly what happened! My students never fail to amaze me and we all ended up painting the port-a-john next to the dumpsters. We all had a blast doing it and my demo piece will always be one of the most memorable one for me.
As a side note, it was Veterans Day and it might have influenced our decision to paint it, and of course the name Freedom Portables on the door help in the selection. Good ole red, white and blue.
Freedom Portables, oil on linen panel, 12x9
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Cortona Italy Workshop
The workshop was a very successful and met everyones expectations. The Villa di Piazzano was an outstanding small hotel that lived up to its rating of four stars. The staff was very accommodating and helpful. Our tour excursions to Florence, Sienna and Montepulciano were very fun and helped to take the participants minds off of the pressure of producing a painting.
I am currently in the planning stages of producing my next workshop and if anyone would like to be put on the list of perspective participants please email me at tedmatz@comcast.net
The pictures below will give you taste of our Plein Air Painting Adventure.
Plein Air Passion
My real passion is for plein air painting. Love the challenge that you have to deal with when painting outside. I personally think it makes you a better painter because you have to deal with so many unforeseen circumstances that come your way but also you have a better handle on light, darks and textures that you don't get from working in a studio and from photos. The following is a sample of some of my most recent work done en plein air. This painting is currently being shown in a group show at the Palm Beach County Cultural Council in Lake Worth, FL and runs through the middle of September, 2013.
Still Life
I generally do still lives as exercises and demonstrations for my painting classes. Featured below are samples of those pieces.
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