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Painting at the Zoo
Recently the Plein Air Painters of Chicago met up at the Lincoln Park Zoo on a beautiful Saturday morning in April. I regularly run along the lake front and the zoo is always my favorite detour from the running path. We have a regular route through the zoo to see as many animals as ...
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Tour de Fat – Plein air
The Saturday paint out with the Plein Air Painters of Chicago started like any other. Finding a good spot, saying hello to friends, and getting to work. And I try not to forget stuff but I always do. This time I didn’t need my umbrella but I hated that I forgot it. But I found ...
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Osaka Gardens Plein Air Paint Out
I met up with the Plein Air Painters of Chicago for a paint out at the Osaka Gardens in Jackson Park here in Chicago. Jackson Park is home to the Museum of Science and Industry at the north end of the park. There’s a brilliant statue of gold near 63rd. The park dates back to ...
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Phil’s Last Stand – Plein Air
Plein air painted with the Plein Air Painters of Chicago group that meets every Saturday. While setting up for this session a man behind me seemed to have gone into cardiac arrest and needed an ambulance quickly.
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Japanese Camellia
The Plein Air Painters of Chicago met at the Garfield park Conservatory one Saturday morning and I was glad to have made it out. Painting in the conservatory made it a little easier to spend more time on the subject with the light staying a little more constant since it was filtered through the glass. ...
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Figurative Illustration Workshop
Figurative Illustration Workshop. I’m really excited to announce a new workshop I will be running starting in June. The end of May marks the end of the TOJO Gallery space where I had my studio. I’m moving into a new studio and my friends have created a new studio space as well, Platform Studios. I ran some ...
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PLein Air City Painting Workshop – Day Two and Three
Day Two: We spent day two at the busy, busy six corners area of Wicker Park. The area has a six corners intersection, an el stop and a park with the block. Very much a deep end of the pool to paint in environment wise. Scott did a demo across from the park painting ...
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Plein Air City Painting Workshop – Day One
Yesterday I started a 4 day workshop with my friend and former classmate Scott Tallman Powers. We spent the morning in Uptown watching a few demos and went over some key tips specific to painting in the city outdoors. Even covering how to deal with people. After we broke for lunch I got started on ...