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"Approaching the Marker" Nantucket OHC Race.
Sergio Roffo," Fellow", A.S.M.A. and "Copley Master"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08194023226671760624noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892634037252508109.post-14377447889192770292013-04-30T07:22:00.000-07:002013-04-30T07:22:51.974-07:00<h2>
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I just received my "Paint Box" that was custom built to suit my new easel. It's very finely crafted with</div>
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As you can see, it carries large canvases or panels. For more information, please contact Bob Rummel</div>
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Sergio Roffo," Fellow", A.S.M.A. and "Copley Master"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08194023226671760624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892634037252508109.post-63710143408850389552013-04-07T05:34:00.000-07:002013-04-07T05:35:33.417-07:00Artist In Residence 2013 June, 13 2013 I have been invited back to Watch Hill Rhode Island again to the Ocean House as "Artist In Residence" <a href="http://oceanhouseri.com/">http://oceanhouseri.com/</a><br />
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<br />Sergio Roffo," Fellow", A.S.M.A. and "Copley Master"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08194023226671760624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892634037252508109.post-43813483825511067552013-03-17T05:07:00.000-07:002013-03-17T05:08:06.879-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The demonstration at Mystic was a lot of fun. It was well attended and I met such wonderful people. Want to thank Mystic seaport Gallery and a special thanks to Jeanne and Rita the gallery directors for all their help. I look forward to a workshop on the Mystic Seaport grounds in the near future.</span>Sergio Roffo," Fellow", A.S.M.A. and "Copley Master"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08194023226671760624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892634037252508109.post-53099701131990367092013-03-12T04:55:00.000-07:002013-03-12T04:55:23.211-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Sergio Roffo," Fellow", A.S.M.A. and "Copley Master"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08194023226671760624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892634037252508109.post-23658257063938445302013-02-16T05:08:00.003-08:002013-02-16T05:08:47.770-08:002013 Solo ShowWorking on my next solo exhibition for this year 2013 at Quidley & Co. Gallery on Nantucket Island,<br />
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<br />Sergio Roffo," Fellow", A.S.M.A. and "Copley Master"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08194023226671760624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892634037252508109.post-29543044240443687042013-02-15T11:22:00.000-08:002013-02-15T11:45:02.808-08:00New Limited Edition Prints AvailableStarting soon I will be releasing new limited edition prints available through my website. Every so often I will release and publish a new print from one of my original paintings. I do not release many<br />
so take this opportunity to check back on my website to see if it's up and running. On my home page you will know if prints are available to purchase online yet if you see <b>"Available Prints"</b>on the menu bar. I will also post it when the page is complete and running. Here are some very limited affordable prints that are available at the moment.<br />
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World's End Sunset, 10x18 oil on panel, available at <a href="http://www.treesplace.com/">www.treesplace.com</a> <br />
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World's End in Winter, 10x18 oil on panel Available at <a href="http://www.robertpaulgalleries.com/level.itml/icOid/4246">www.robertpaulgalleries.com</a><br />
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Toward's The Sun, Nantucket MA. 10x18 oil on panel available at<br />
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I arrived on Thursday afternoon and the weekend outlook was fantastic, hot and humid. I checked in and met my lovely contact person, and explained my duties and what was expected of me.<br />
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On Friday morning I started painting at 7am. It was hot. I finished a 10x18 panel by 12 noon.<br />
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On Friday evening the hotel hosted a wine and cheese reception that was attended by some guests of the hotel as well as some local residents. It was a wonderful time. My wife joined me on Friday along with my standard poodle Lacey. She had a great time.</div>
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Watch Hill Light with morning surf. 10x18 oil on panel</div>
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"Through The Fog, 2011 Opera Cup Race, Nantucket. 24x36 oil<br />
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The Wizard sailing in before the storm. 30x40 oilSergio Roffo," Fellow", A.S.M.A. and "Copley Master"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08194023226671760624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892634037252508109.post-18588974446661472382012-03-24T09:41:00.000-07:002012-03-24T09:41:07.544-07:00Sergio Roffo Invited to be "Artist in Residence"I Have been Invited to paint on the grounds of the Majestic resort of the Ocean House at Watch Hill Rhode Island. I will be their artist in residence on June 21 to June 25. There will also be paintings on view in the lovely renovated lobby. The timeless beauty of this massive ocean resort is so beautiful and<br />
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Please feel free to stop by and stroll the grounds while I am there and find me painting somewhere.<br />
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at the Charleston Art Guild in Charleston, South Carolina. With many historic plantations and lush coastline that the city offers, there will be many scenes to paint. The fabulous restaurants are some of the<br />
best in the country. Please join me for this great event. You will meet some wonderful people.<br />
Beginners are welcome. Please visit Charleston SC official website to get a glimpse of this beautiful city.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina</a> and <a href="http://www.charlestoncvb.com/visitors/video/">http://www.charlestoncvb.com/visitors/video/</a><br />
For more information and registration please please visit my website and click on the Workshop for Charleston and email <a href="mailto:Tina@TinaMaylandArt.com">Tina@TinaMaylandArt.com</a><br />
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"The Old Man In The garden" 10x18 oil /canvas signed lower leftSergio Roffo," Fellow", A.S.M.A. and "Copley Master"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08194023226671760624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892634037252508109.post-75258798555311234732012-02-01T13:18:00.000-08:002012-02-01T13:18:36.465-08:00Plein Aire Study<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4sD-oD_QPj_r-b1A3R0fP43nsNOBT72y4W2PK3yr3PmgQrEORBF2vTh38hMThP6XT-QvGH2jFGEtkGxd-OJ0ojEwitvCa_J_-gg-h6Ri5wscUvD4ktfpL5mgF2yQ4EEa1qVFOssaccM/s1600/IMG_8197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4sD-oD_QPj_r-b1A3R0fP43nsNOBT72y4W2PK3yr3PmgQrEORBF2vTh38hMThP6XT-QvGH2jFGEtkGxd-OJ0ojEwitvCa_J_-gg-h6Ri5wscUvD4ktfpL5mgF2yQ4EEa1qVFOssaccM/s640/IMG_8197.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Plein Aire Study World's End "A Winter's Glow" 10x18 oil on board<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Please visit the past post archive for my upcoming workshop.</div>Sergio Roffo," Fellow", A.S.M.A. and "Copley Master"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08194023226671760624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892634037252508109.post-48032412577962904532012-01-13T06:09:00.000-08:002012-01-13T06:09:47.164-08:00"Plein Air Workshop" At the Duxbury Art Association Thursday & Friday June 7 & 8<div style="font: 18.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Plein Air Workshop With Sergio Roffo</b></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Paint with ASMA“Fellow” </b></span><span style="font: 18.0px Baskerville; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Sergio Roffo </b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>along our stunning</b></span><span style="font: 18.0px Baskerville; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b> </b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>coastlal landscape, Alla Prima approach.</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><br />
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<div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Sergio will focus on the techniques and principles of Plein air painting of coastal marine landscapes. Sergio Roffo is an elected “Fellow” of the American Society of marine Artists, a member of the Guild of Boston artists', and a Copley Master at the Copley Society of Boston.</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Mr. Roffo has won countless national awards and is widely collected.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpy79abixjDVFkffWlPPx8K_l0JlfwgJttCE1LnVefDA2Te_9x6np1LY40Gi5mduTk7Pi1Z-OvXIAIvisHMytsR0pL1w4CjZdyTK5JbY-ICB_cV_20jNz_hSTCz-7oRRjBASiSqhd8GA/s1600/IMG_7726.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpy79abixjDVFkffWlPPx8K_l0JlfwgJttCE1LnVefDA2Te_9x6np1LY40Gi5mduTk7Pi1Z-OvXIAIvisHMytsR0pL1w4CjZdyTK5JbY-ICB_cV_20jNz_hSTCz-7oRRjBASiSqhd8GA/s640/IMG_7726.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 17.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Each morning will begin with Sergio discussing the aesthetic issues and</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>techniques of art as he demonstrates and completes a field study, encouraging the fellow artists to observe. “ Sometimes you learn more by observing and memorizing than actually painting. While I strongly</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>encourage the students to observe my demonstration, they will have to option to paint along side of me.” After the demonstration students will receive individual personal instruction and encouragement while completing their painting “Alla Prima” (in one sitting).</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 17.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>The objective of this two day coarse is to sensitize the class to the aspects of outdoor painting, including:</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 17.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>* Learning how to see nature’s details</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>* Understanding the interplay of light and shadow</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>* Knowing how to mix the right colors</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>* Eliminating the fear of outdoor painting</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 17.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Material List will be available</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 17.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 18.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Open to All Levels in Oils Only.</b></span><span style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="font: 18.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNfliBNVVPZy_w08zrybM3kU-3xT4Vn3b2nIFFAngUrjfsEzUjUcdDOojgHgksWOdkDHrwqOcH6mGdRViO9advXMMAMsXL4dfVxUDCqGKEzOIYtbe8Y_KUOcIe8yk13soiIZQZnAlW6M0/s1600/IMG_0488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNfliBNVVPZy_w08zrybM3kU-3xT4Vn3b2nIFFAngUrjfsEzUjUcdDOojgHgksWOdkDHrwqOcH6mGdRViO9advXMMAMsXL4dfVxUDCqGKEzOIYtbe8Y_KUOcIe8yk13soiIZQZnAlW6M0/s640/IMG_0488.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font: 18.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Baskerville; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><br />
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Kiowa apache decided to do some pleinAir with me even though it has been 20 years since he was outdoors painting. He was an abstract expressionist. We decided to up to Abiquiu where Georgia O'Keefe<br />
lived for over 20 years at Ghost Ranch. Her spirit was watching over me as I painted "View of Pedernal from Abiquiu.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The light in New Mexico is different. The blues are so bright and the atmospheric perspective and the reflective light against the red rocks is breathtaking. The ravens seemed to be telling me something about this place as my new found Native American friend called to them. Sublime beauty all around me. It just seemed to be breathing with life. <i>"It was always beauty, always!...The landscape lived and lived as the world of the gods, unsullied and unconcerned. The great circling landscape lived its own life, sumptuous and uncaring. Man did not exist for it." D.H. Lawrence, st. Mawt 1925</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br />
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</div>The ever changing marshlands is something that will always inspire me. It changes with the seasons, and at times in the dreary cold months of January and February it looks like the surface of the moon. Or in a deep freeze you'd think you were in the crevases of Antartica. The October and November sunsets are the most impressive. They reveal the sublime beauty that is nature.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am looking forward to going to Santa Fe on October 4th. I will be part of a group show at the Gerald Peters Gallery, <a href="http://www.gpgallery.com/">www.gpgallery.com</a>. I was in Santa Fe, ("Holy Faith"), once before on a ski trip in Taos New Mexico. I was so inspired by color of the landscape and the pueblo villages and the Indian people. It's not going to be a long trip but just enough to get a few field studies for some larger works. I may add the plein aire paintings to the show if they are successful. Would love to do a workshop out there one of these days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div>The Native American name Winnipesaukee means "Smile of the Great Spirit" The Winnipesaukee Indians lived and fished there at a village called Aquadocton. On this particular day the Great Spirit was smiling down on me as I completed the plein air for this larger piece.</div><div><br />
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This majestic, victorian style hotel originally opened in 1868 and catered to the era's high society that offered croquet on the lawn, bathing and sailing and afternoon tea. It cost $150M to be restored to It's original state and it was truly beautiful.<br />
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It was a day of intense observation, but then again, It's always intense in plein air.<br />
The tide was rapidly getting higher causing the waves to crash on the sea wall spraying a light mist all over my gear. I new that I had to move back. The crashing waves kept missing me by a foot. I was very glad that the painting was close to completion.<br />
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</div>I completed the painting in just under 3 hours. The 4 pm deadline kept the painting loose, fresh and spontaneous. I am hoping to return next season. I was invited by owner, Chuck Royce to be an "Artist in Residence" in the Spring. of 2012. I diddn't have to think twice about it. I gladly accepted. This plein air painting was framed and put on an easel in the lobby. And is offered for purchase. Please contact The Russell Jinishian Gallery<br />
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Sergio Roffo," Fellow", A.S.M.A. and "Copley Master"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08194023226671760624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892634037252508109.post-44561493791407146912011-09-02T11:39:00.000-07:002011-09-02T11:44:49.063-07:00Plein Air Demonstration in Stowe VermontThis is is story that I wrote for the American Society of Marine Artists quarterly journal. The "Fellows Corner", a section written by the Fellows of the society. This was my story.<br />
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<div style="color: #939497; font: 20.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 29px/normal Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">he </span><span style="font: normal normal normal 29px/normal Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">F</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ellows</span></div><div style="color: #939497; font: 20.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 29px/normal Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">C</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">orner</span></div><div style="color: #baac97; font: 15.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Insights and Inspirations</span></b></div><div style="color: #baac97; font: 15.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">from ASMA’s top artists</span></b></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It’s always easy to spot a Sergio Roffo painting</span></i></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- even on a crowded, group-show gallery</span></i></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">wall. His are the ones that always look and</span></i></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">feel authentic; lovely, quiet scenes that are</span></i></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">sensitively composed and painted, imbued</span></i></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">with a master’s understanding of light and</span></i></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">atmosphere. Here, he takes us to Vermont</span></i></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">on a plein aire trip for an inside look at his</span></i></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">materials and techniques.</span></i></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: white; font: normal normal normal 8px/normal Helvetica;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Photo #2 </span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Russ Kramer, Managing Fellow</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></i></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hi, I'd like to share a personal moment from a plein air trip, from which I recently returned. I've been painting coastal landscapes for over 20 years (wow, time flies). Every once in a while, we artists get the urge to paint something different or, in my case, a subject matter that doesn't have water in it. After painting for my Nantucket solo show this year, I've decided to head north. My mind was in "mountain mode"</span></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Painting landscapes of valleys and countryside is nothing new to me. I often return to my native </span></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>San Donato Italy, </b>a remote village on the slopes of the <b>Apennines mountains. </b>It's my own little</span></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Tuscany, </b>and I have frequently painted it's pristine valleys, its olive groves, and rolling hills.</span></div><div style="font: 9.5px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The feeling or the mood of the painting should be completed in 3 to 4 hours. After that time, the light would normally change somewhat, but since it was a cloudy day, the light would remain constant. I worked very diligently, trying to get as much information on my panel as I could before the rain came. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also, the more information I had, the easier it would be for me to do a larger version in my studio, if I chose. The studio versions tend to take a life of their own, sometime lacking lacking the freshness and the spontaneity of a field study. On the other hand they can be rendered with more control and accuracy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Furthermore, because time is not an issue, glazing can be done too. And a nice espresso enjoyed every now and then in the comfort of your own studio, enhances the creative process immeasurably.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In my early years right after art school I worked as an Illustrator, doing freelance work for art directors. They were very demanding about meeting deadlines, but not nearly as demanding as the sun, which forces you you to complete a study before the shadows change. Since the day was overcast, I didn't have to battle with the sun. Being an Illustrator taught me how to be prolific. Painting outdoors requires the mixing of color and finding the right values fast. It also imbues your painting with freshness and spontaneity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I use a Julien french easel for plein air painting with a french easel companion, which is basically is a palette in a folding box <b>(photo #4).</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11UxR32pma1ct6el0LgkaljjD3gJ8HmGTHqyBFOe91wVRa2X-IxADTMAqQwEIsmTm1hmKmnVZNwddp-n3P991r8SuCVMKPmOevf2T5gpB589C6a2d34kNRxqp25kzTc1vNToDHk-a3Yk/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11UxR32pma1ct6el0LgkaljjD3gJ8HmGTHqyBFOe91wVRa2X-IxADTMAqQwEIsmTm1hmKmnVZNwddp-n3P991r8SuCVMKPmOevf2T5gpB589C6a2d34kNRxqp25kzTc1vNToDHk-a3Yk/s640/4.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> #4</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've glued a 1/4 inch glass plate inside, which makes for a quick clean up of the palette. It also allows me to scrape the dry paint off more easily. For brushes I use various size filberts with sable rounds <b>(Photo</b> <b>#6). </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOWr91hdPe_k-CbuScBzF9Kxh17pn_7b6dLr8ENATVKsu5cUkhg-_Bnif2Ygyjh5XQ2PxzYDbMXm1tkKRAWiC0BdLzxfKcr7K93iiJS4fYXGHbWD2__EvzQ6bP-7dtCWtkkQrcziStdU/s1600/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOWr91hdPe_k-CbuScBzF9Kxh17pn_7b6dLr8ENATVKsu5cUkhg-_Bnif2Ygyjh5XQ2PxzYDbMXm1tkKRAWiC0BdLzxfKcr7K93iiJS4fYXGHbWD2__EvzQ6bP-7dtCWtkkQrcziStdU/s640/6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br />
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Normally, I fill in all my shadow areas first so I don't loose them as the sun shifts, but there was no need rush, other than the fact that it could rain at any moment. I would start with the sky first and add the mountains with various greys, mixed with cobalt blue and orange and white. I subsequently added some violet blue, along with hints of sap green. <b>(Photo # 8)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2Cv84BLk1EsLYhcgq5klxCxEC3ixqvtMq7U7rMXQVDgxJ-bFcR7pcT47kUNDiXb5DVSAlhhL56Kegju2i3a8taFfA5NiR8aySszGl48bETmWIdWZ2gKTJT3b52BfxbDuTBun1soE7QQ/s1600/8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2Cv84BLk1EsLYhcgq5klxCxEC3ixqvtMq7U7rMXQVDgxJ-bFcR7pcT47kUNDiXb5DVSAlhhL56Kegju2i3a8taFfA5NiR8aySszGl48bETmWIdWZ2gKTJT3b52BfxbDuTBun1soE7QQ/s640/8.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> #8</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The area where the foreground trees were to be painted, I kept the paint very thin, so when the time came to add the trees, my brush strokes wouldn't pick up the background color.<b> </b><i><b>Please note that its very important to use as much of the sky color that's on your palette throughout the painting to establish harmony.</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b> </b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Moving along, I completed the detail work on the mountains and added the middle ground of trees with hints of highlights, using my greys from the palette and adding darker values of sap green and cobalt blue and violet. I layered in the field as a foundation for the trees, using a combination of cadmium green pale, sap green, yellow ochre and some sky color. <b>(Photo #9)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSrvTRTvrXzBfANfNxDdKU-WRxPvavwRqCiP5ZOpSMbRZ5nzBsy4ynNGQq3gXlQCDCkSSsSdrB35Cn0Lf807keEPXHs7jt5Kp5rCwc7LATY_p7r-fzq6VjJs9ii5lz3JmaYjFBYZrwck/s1600/9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSrvTRTvrXzBfANfNxDdKU-WRxPvavwRqCiP5ZOpSMbRZ5nzBsy4ynNGQq3gXlQCDCkSSsSdrB35Cn0Lf807keEPXHs7jt5Kp5rCwc7LATY_p7r-fzq6VjJs9ii5lz3JmaYjFBYZrwck/s640/9.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> #9</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I then started incorporating some texture and different values of color and lines on the field in the same direction as the rolling plane. (<b>Photo #10).</b> I also began adding some foliage in the foreground with warm and rich tones of green, burnt sienna, yellow ochre and umber for the darks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISDKBd3-DhMYqLymobDOddeXIoZU7NTajup0pTj5-7G8DzVF_G3XZkCE6Fs2Fdomtthzyq55sfrZarpIifLpqVEAX94bVMvoj9tdLRotHnIWDxXmOjJ6lZA-8UcGcuXxjeVFAgeEwmg8/s1600/10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISDKBd3-DhMYqLymobDOddeXIoZU7NTajup0pTj5-7G8DzVF_G3XZkCE6Fs2Fdomtthzyq55sfrZarpIifLpqVEAX94bVMvoj9tdLRotHnIWDxXmOjJ6lZA-8UcGcuXxjeVFAgeEwmg8/s640/10.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> #10</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Up to this point, filbert brushes were the only brushes used. For the trunks of the trees I mixed an area of alizarin crimson, burnt sienna, and burnt umber. I applied the color with my sable rounds and a rigger- a long thin sable brush. <b>(Photo #11)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4FEFYLHlEHo-p14Kmw_8f5Iu9G8mT2mnaFMJ1u5yb6HmN_O11yvtAdZfZPUZaUG6pArfFumhRsErqXji-_s1aBT29xjE3Epjh_pw5irLVw3CJK03Njgf4vzScNaG_jI75UKGNbXkYh5E/s1600/11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4FEFYLHlEHo-p14Kmw_8f5Iu9G8mT2mnaFMJ1u5yb6HmN_O11yvtAdZfZPUZaUG6pArfFumhRsErqXji-_s1aBT29xjE3Epjh_pw5irLVw3CJK03Njgf4vzScNaG_jI75UKGNbXkYh5E/s640/11.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> #11</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The trees were painted over the background. Accents of deep reds and orange in the foliage provided a reminder that Fall and Winter were around the corner. In <b>(Photo #12) </b>the field was continued. I was rapidly approaching the completion of this study. I continued adding texture to my foreground and softening any hard edges, absent in nature, where the trees met the field. The painting was almost complete but it needed an element on the right side for balance. So I used my artistic license to add a red barn, which was actually behind me, into the composition.<b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRP4YONBQsjpG8W6eqG5eNgotbVKS5vgi5w6NMx-ve9ChaeKExqNfW0NT0NijpEl6_B-ATFqj1l0RZ-dmZACQB350xQF6pAYpcljC7AhyphenhyphenVzO0qXsalNCLPkKg0NnoDeQ9RkzryRh8dB34/s1600/12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRP4YONBQsjpG8W6eqG5eNgotbVKS5vgi5w6NMx-ve9ChaeKExqNfW0NT0NijpEl6_B-ATFqj1l0RZ-dmZACQB350xQF6pAYpcljC7AhyphenhyphenVzO0qXsalNCLPkKg0NnoDeQ9RkzryRh8dB34/s640/12.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> #12</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm a landscape painter. I paint what I see, not what I think is there. It's all about painting the feeling and the mood. This particular scene was painted in just over three hours on location. "There is no better reference than painting from life."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you in the field.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Sergio Roffo," Fellow", A.S.M.A. and "Copley Master"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08194023226671760624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892634037252508109.post-59783726558692182612011-08-30T19:07:00.000-07:002011-08-30T19:07:01.793-07:00Hurricane Irene Power OutageI will do a post as soon as the power returns. My internet access is too sloww to download images<br />
with a cell phone hot spot. I will demonstrare a plein Air painting from Stowe Vermont<br />
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