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Showing posts with label modern impressionism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label modern impressionism. Show all posts

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Jimmy Longacre_subjective impressionist landscape paintings_ZION CREEK BEND


The road that runs through Zion Natl. Park presents an almost endless array of beautiful scenes to improvise into paintings.  I was, at first, captured by the panoramic views of mountains and towering cliffs.  After the first few days, I began to notice more intimate views surrounding me.  This one was the first such scene I tried that had no massive mountains with sky.  I was starting to feel at home in the canyon, so I settled down to pay closer attention to the variety of stunning scenery.

ZION CREEK BEND
©Jimmy Longacre 2014
11x14 oil on canvas panel

Jimmy Longacre
subjective impressionist landscape paintings


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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Jimmy Longacre_subjective impressionist landscape paintings_MORNING JOG


THIS ONE IS FROM THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THAT RUNS THROUGH PEASE PARK IN AUSTIN. I'm going through recent paintings for entering a number of competitions that are coming up.  This was done last October.

MORNING JOG
©Jimmy Longacre 2014
9x12 oil on canvas panel

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Monday, December 30, 2013

Jimmy Longacre_subjective impressionist landscape paintings_TEMPLES AND THRONES


This view in Zion Natl. Park can be seen from the spacious, covered porch of the Historical Center.  It's part of a sweeping amphitheater, with a vast wealth of painting subjects, any time of day.  The Shadow patterns slowly shift and transform the view as the sun moves across the sky.  There's way more information than you can possibly handle, so it's a great exercise in selection, editing and arrangement.

TEMPLES AND THRONES
©Jimmy Longacre 2013
12x16 oil on canvas panel

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Jimmy Longacre_subjective impressionist landscape paintings_NOONDAY SHADOWS


Because of the steep canyon walls there are interesting shadow/light patterns all day long.  Sorry, to be so brief with my posts.  I've been spending lots of time with my family over the holidays, and trying to put up some of the work I did while in Zion Natl. Park in November and early December.  I'll get back to being a bit more thorough after the new year.


NOONDAY SHADOWS
©Jimmy Longacre 2013
14X11 oil on canvas panel

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subjective impressionist landscape paintings


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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Jimmy Longacre_subjective impressionist landscape paintings_FRESH EYES


Going back through the studies I painted at Zion National Park reminds me how much fun I was having there.  Putting myself in a new environment is a sure way to awaken the senses and inspire me to paint.  Everything looks new and fresh.  Motives to paint seem to be everywhere I look.  It also gives me fresh eyes for my home landscapes.  More travel planned for this year!

CANYON WALL
©Jimmy Longacre 2013
14x11 oil on canvas panel

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Friday, December 20, 2013

Jimmy Longacre_subjective impressionist landscape paintings_ZION CLIFFS


I've been traveling to paint during October and November.  It was a wonderful experience to get out into new landscapes.  Now, I'm playing catch-up back in the studio.  It's great to be home again, but I need to improve my juggling act this year.  I have a new iPad, so I can start posting while traveling.

Here's a plein air study done in magnificent Zion National Park.  I'll try to show you more of what I've been doing.  I feel things changing, getting more direct in my paint handling.  I think that's coming from paying closer attention to starting with a good notan pattern. Careful planning is the greatest enhancement to spontaneity!  

ZION CLIFFS
©Jimmy Longacre 2013
9X12 oil on canvas panel

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Monday, October 28, 2013

Jimmy Longacre_Texas impressionist landscape paintings_RAINY DAY COLOR


Painted during a steady light drizzle, in the Port Aransas Plein Air competition.  I't's interesting how the light coming through an overcast reverses the usual order of things from warm influence in the light with cool shadows, to warm shadows and cool influence in the light.  I've noticed that if I pay attention to this phenomenon, it will sometimes produce rather beautiful color relationships. When I don't the result often has an inert, depressing feeling.  If I can choose, I prefer the sunshine, but I enjoy the surprises that can come from observing the light on a cloudy day. 


RAINY DAY SUNFLOWERS
©Jimmy Longacre 2013
12x16 oil on canvas panel

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Texas impressionist landscape paintings


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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Jimmy Longacre_Texas impressionist landscape paintings_HAZY DAYS


Another one of my plein air paintings from last week's Coastal Paintout in Port Aransas. This was a hazy day, and I was interested in the effect of the backlit scene. Because the sun was behind the house it created a very nice foil for hi-lighting the profusion of sunflowers at the fenceline. The flowing curve of the mowed lawn also presented a useful shape emphasizing the focal area. 

HAZY DAY
©Jimmy Longacre 2013
12x16 oil on canvas panel

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Texas impressionist landscape paintings


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Monday, October 21, 2013

Jimmy Longacre_Texas impressionist landscape paintings_"PEOPLES' CHOICE AWARD"_Port Aransas Invitational Coastal Paintout


I just returned from the annual "Port Aransas Coastal Paintout". I'm happy to say that my painting "FAREWELL TO GIBBS" won the "Peoples' Choice Award". Kind of an emotional piece for me, as 'Gibbs Cottages' is one of the last remaining relics of the old Port Aransas I knew growing up. It's destined to be razed to make room for the new. Can't look at them without remembering all the fun and crazy summers I had there in Port A, with my friends.


FAREWELL TO GIBBS
©Jimmy Longacre 2013
11x14 oil on canvas panel

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Texas impressionist landscape paintings


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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Jimmy Longacre_Texas impressionist landscape paintings_HILL COUNTRY MAGIC


Painted at the Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event, October 2013.  This property was loaded with wonderful old classic barns, sheds and cabins from the past.  The light falling on this grouping was irresistible.

HILL COUNTRY MAGIC
©Jimmy Longacre 2013
11x14 oil on canvas panel

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Jimmy Longacre_Texas impressionist landscape paintings_WHEN THE SUN DOESN'T SHINE


Outdoor painters love a sunny day displaying interesting shadow patterns that contain rich, subtle colors contrasted with the bright sunlit spectrum. But, alas, you can't always have it that way. Gray day paintings present a unique challenge, because they lack the availability of shadow shapes that are so nice to use in organizing eye-catching compositions. Because of the close values and and color relationships, gray day paintings present a unique challenge.  Even though they can be more difficult to paint, they can yield some beautiful effects.  This painting was done last Saturday at the Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event, on a still, thinly overcast morning that gave the landscape a kind of beautiful glow. 

















MORNING OVERCAST
©Jimmy Longacre 2013
11x14 oil on canvas panel

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Texas impressionist landscape paintings


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Friday, January 28, 2011

"Pass The Cherries" original still life by Gwen Bell




















©2011 Gwen Bell
10 X 10" oil on canvas
available through The Dutch Art Gallery
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I painted these same little salt & pepper shakers
last month, but they are so cute that I just had to
paint them again. The cherries were just the right
size for them to play with!

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