Art In The Open 2013 - Wexford Ireland

 "Carne Beach"

Oil on panel

25 x 37 cm

BRONZE AWARD WINNER

 "Morning in Ballymore"

Oil on panel

25 x 37 cm

 "Irish Shore"

Oil on panel

25 x 37 cm

 "Ducks in Enniscorthy"

 "Old timer"

 "Boats of Wexford"

 "Midday in Screen"

 "Afternoon in Wexford"

 "Stepping stones"

"Atlantic view from the Hook Head"

Now lets take a look what happened during the festival:

 René PleinAir painting

 Young boy with his new brushes from Finland.

 Radio interviewing the local boys.

 Mireia Sanz Alex painting in the shores of Carne Beach.

 Louise Tracy and David Diaz.

 Marc Dalessio´s workshop.

 Leon Holmes, Giles Lester, Valerie Craig, Lori Putnam and David Diaz painting in heavy rain with me.

 Leon Holmes in the streets of Wexford.

 Painting in a pub in Ireland

Click on the link to see me, Marc Dalessio and Leon Holmes in action.

Banjo player is the new owner of my painting. :)

 Rainer Simon

 Leon and David 

 Grahame Booth after finishing one his master pieces in Bunclody.

 Marc Dalessio painting horse stables.

 Tony Robinson.

Also known as the nicest guy on the planet and the main organizer of the event.

Sketch of Neil.

 My second water color, ever.

David starting a water color sketch.

  Giles Lester´s portrait sketch of me.

 Lori Putnam´s workshop is about to begin.

 Enniscorthy.

 I painted this painting with Leon Holmes in the quick draw event during the 2 hours that we had.

We took 10 minute shifts to be able to also create our personal paintings simultaneously.

 Leon and me with our latest creation.

 Tony sold our painting in auction. 

It went 100% to the charity and we collected 570,- euros for a good cause.

 Buzz on the street.

Giles Lester, ready to paint - nocturne - night painting in alla prima.

  

 Me and Leon painting.

Last day we had a picnic paint out in Screen.

I painted some steam rollers in incredible noise and smoke with Michael Richardson.

Noelle Angley at her easel.

Ned Mueller with friends.

Rosa with hot wheels.

GALLERY:

Please see all the winners by cliking this link

 Gallery of wet paintings :)

 Catriona Gibling

Louise Tracy 

Giles Lester´s works

 

Mary Duffy´s work.

 Rosa Olivero´s work.

Marc Dalessio´s works.

 David Diaz´s work.

 René PleinAir´s works.

 My paintings

 Leon Holmes works.

 Jane Meyler

Mireia Sanz Alex

George McHugh´s winner

Grahame Booth´s winner

Beautiful watercolors

Marko Fenske´s work

Valerie Craig´s Mayoral award winner!

  Joe Paguet´s work

  

 Rainer Simon´s work

Tony Robinson´s work

 

 Lori Putnam´s works

 Dee Crowe´s work

 Michael McGuire´s works

Paul Maloney´s works

  

Finnish guy.

Souvenir.

Paintings from the summer house

"Kota"

 "Summer garden"

"Old barn"

  

"Reflections"

I have been mostly off the grid and just relaxing on the summer house with my family. 

Tomorrow I´ll be heading to Wexford, Ireland. 

I can not wait to paint all the incredible landscapes that Ireland has to offer and to meet all the artist that participate on the http://www.artintheopen.org/ 

Workshop of mine "Capturing the moment" is on 2pm, Thursday, 1st of August at Bunclody. 

Super fun!

Postcards from Helsinki

I have been painting in my studio for a couple of days, so the urge to get out of there was huge!

So I did some plein air painting in Helsinki and in Vantaa today. Panels that I used were a bit too small, but it was still super fun to be out there.

Girl on the pier

"Girl on the pier"

80 x 65 cm

Oil on linen canvas

Naumann

"Naumann"

Oil on canvas

 

My wife has this super cool sewing machine maybe from the 50´s or so.  

I am a big fan of all the retro stuff. These machines are build to last and its made out of cast iron so I quess it will last forever. Wonderful design :)

Technically, I started this with sight-size method to get the proportions and drawing correct. After that it was all about alla prima approach. 

Funny thing about painting glass jars and stuff is to paint the thing without actually painting it. Its all about value harmony and they must be carefully judged to get the effect of the transparency in there.

Painting this was a lot of fun!

 Here is a work in progress shot of the sight-size block in.

New paintings

 "Hovering"

"Super clean"

Latest plein airs in super high resolution

This is officially my first pastel painting, ever :)

I finally got my camera working.. so here is some of the latest plein air paintings. 

These are all in super high resolution so that you can see the all the details and brush work. If you want to print them on your wall, go right ahead :)

Hannu Tampio - Rest in peace

Mentor of mine just past away recently.

In a lack of words, my condolences to the family.

You´ll be missed my friend.

Here are some the works of Hannu:

More Hannu´s works

Summer evening

"Summer evening"

Oil on panel

2013

I primed couple of these canvas panels with  transparent oxide red light, 

and the paint was mixed&spread evenly with dammar varnish matt.

This gives a panel nice warm under color and also (slightly above) middle value starting point to a painting. 

Matt varnish gives a nice smooth feel to it and it also diminishes the glare.

I highly recommend trying this out on landscape painting. 

In winter scenes I would prefer yellow ochre, but still, I love to start on a white canvas most of the times. 

Old friends

"Old friends"

34 x 37 cm

Oil on panel

Sipoonkorpi

"Sipoonkorpi"

Oil on panel

Work in progress picture

Here you can see how I first established the complex drawing before applying any color.

It was easier for me to focus on the value and color - after the drawing and the design was complete.

In the finished painting you can also recognize how I painted all the brightest colors and value changes and the sharpest edges in one spot - thats my focal point. :)

 

Last snow

"Last snow"

Oil on panel

27 x 35 cm

All of the snow is pretty much melted away, at least from the southern parts of the Finland.

I was super lucky to find this spot in the nearby natural reserve and also to have the time to paint this wonderful location.

Hibernation

Oli on panel, size about A4.

It is a great winter day to paint. Here is a sketch of a hibernating boat.

Young composer

"Young composer"
60 x 65cm

Oil on linen canvas

2013

It was such a joy to paint this!
I have always admired people who can sing or play any instrument.

Pekka Halonen´s studio

"Sauna at Halosenniemi"

Oil on canvas 2013

Here is a work in progress shot.

As you can see I had some help from my new friend!

Oona add some of the finishing brushwork to this one.

Today we went to paint with the group of plein air painters in Pekka Halonen´s studio.

Pekka Halonen was one of the great "Golden era" painters in Finnish art.

more info:

http://web.tuusula.fi/halosenniemimuseum/

Last light

"Last light"

It was a great evening to paint! Timing could not have been better.

Gladly, my friend Mauri joined me and he did couple of pencil sketches.

Blue shadows

"Blue shadows"

Oil on panel, 2013

Its was a beautiful day today. 

We went out with the whole family to enjoy the nearby nature.

Here is a work in progress shot. As you can see the contrast was very high because of that pure white snow and it was difficult to see the colors laid on the palette while painting.