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| Plein Air painting by San Diego's Mark Fehlman |
SUMMER LONG EXHIBITION--San Diego’s historic
neighborhoods are where you’ll find wonderful landscapes hanging on the walls
of vintage craftsman bungalows.
Landscape art (also called plein air) paintings are synonymous with the
Arts & Crafts era (1890-1930). But,
you don’t have to own a bungalow to appreciate landscape paintings.
Art
lovers are in luck as this summer La Jolla’s Riford Library is hosting a first
rate show: “Fresh Paint California: A Plein Air Art Exhibition” will be held
today through October 15, 2014.
It’s
the third annual invitational plein air and studio landscape art show presented
by the Riford Library Art Gallery. The exhibition will showcase some of California’s
finest plein air painters, including Ken Auster, John Budicin, Mark Fehlman, Robin Hall, Carolyn Hesse Low,
Ken Goldman, Raye Anne Marks, Rita Pacheco, Ray Roberts, Randall Sexton, Jim
Wodark, Toni Williams, Jeff Yeomans, and Patricia Jasper Clark. Plein air artists
paint outdoors to capture the spontaneity and transience of light as it is
reflected on the natural world.
The
exhibition includes paintings done in outdoor locations, as well as ones
painted in studio environments after the artist has created smaller outdoor
studies.
“All
are inspired by the physical beauty of California and the desire to capture the
light and color unique to the atmosphere of our state,” said exhibition
organizer Patricia Jasper Clark. “These
award-winning artists from throughout California paint quickly and draw on
instinct and impression to record the natural world around them,” she said,
noting all pieces in the exhibition are available for sale.
Fresh Paint California will be open to the
public free of charge during library hours.
The La Jolla Riford Library is open Mondays 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.;
Tuesdays 12:30 – 8 p.m.; Wednesdays 12:30 – 8 p.m.; Thursdays 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.;
Fridays 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Saturdays 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.; and Sundays from
1-5 p.m. The library is located at 7555
Draper Ave., La Jolla.
The
La Jolla Library Art Gallery produces four public exhibitions annually. A portion of all sales benefits the library’s
cultural programming and supports the Friends of the La Jolla Library in such
efforts as extending library hours.
For
information call (858) 454-3424 or email p.jasper@sbcglobal.net
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