Description
‘Ruins near Nangar’ plein air oil painting. This is a painting of an abandoned house at Murga near Mt Nangar NSW. It was painted from the roadside ‘en plein air’ or outdoors directly from life, and ‘alla prima’ which means in one sitting or wet on wet. The ‘Ruins near Nangar’ are a perfect subject for this approach to painting.
#GETOUTSIDE
In response to Covid19’s impact on the world. And the way that world governments and billionaires have wasted no time making the most of the perceived crisis in particular. I have decided to make a few changes to the way that I spend my time. Rather than working in the sterile and isolating space of my studio I am driven to get outside and work ‘en plein air’. This is how I once worked but for various reasons I drifted into working in the studio, using photos and memory as my source material. So returning to working from life for me is very exciting. I feel free again with nature as my subject. I am enjoying travelling around and stopping at places I would normally drive past, spending some time and doing a bit of exploring. I find that I am more engaged as an artist seeing the world as my studio.
Although I still work by myself I can at least see other people getting out and doing things as well. I hope that this is the direction people take. Rather than living in a state of fear and dependance. My work itself has gone low tech. I just need my paints and a subject to paint. Or less, I could do a drawing of my shoe with a piece of charcoal if it came to that. But I also have the opportunity to share more of my artistic process through social media. You can find more of that kind of thing at my linktree account or here on my website .
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- The Scene
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- My set plein air work space
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- Almost finished
