Posts Tagged ‘plein air’
The South of France Is as Beautiful as You’ve Been Told
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
We had the good fortune this summer to go to the south of France. English friends who moved to the small town of Ales seven years ago invited us to stay in their guest house. Not having to pay for hotels for most of our stay in France was a big help, of course, but that fact enabled us to be more than tourists. We got to see how people like us live in a foreign country. Plus, our friends were very generous with their time, and were happy to be our tour guides.
Where they live is on the edge of Provence, which makes their lives much less hassled. Ever since the publication of A Year in Provence, Provence has been over-run with visitors. Although our trips took us through Provence, enjoying the incomparable beauty of the landscape, for the most part we were only occasionally in the swell of tourists. I’m happy to say that because we speak French pretty well, we were never taken for Americans. One time we were asked if we were Polish or Swedish.
Tags: landscape painting, oil painting, plein air
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Work vs. Art
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Hello to the few and the brave who actually visit this site. As is probably true for most people, working to make money is a necessity. And within the working world it’s a rare artist who enjoys making a living by making art. I’m in that boat.
Thankfully, I’ve had a great 6 or 8 months of work designing sets for a TV show and creating 3D models and an animated fly-through of a school in Japan which my brother the architect is designing. This work, as well as new projects looming will keep me busy for the foreseeable future, so painting is way on the back burner. The good thing is that when I have real world work to do, it’s creative and pays pretty well, which is better than what most people could say about their jobs.
Swans in London | Stephen Springer Davis | 2010
It may be a while before I have a chance to do any artwork, but when I do, I’ll post examples here. Meanwhile, the painting above was done from sketches and photos I took last summer when we were in London. The lake is downtown, not far from the the Victoria and Albert Museum. It was near the end of the day, with low light over my shoulder and black clouds ahead, setting off these three swans glowing in the waning sun.
Cheers for now.
Tags: landscape painting, oil painting, plein air
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Hello.
I'm Stephen Springer Davis
I'm a pretty much self-taught and pretty much unknown artist and designer living near Philadelphia. The plan is to tell you about my artwork, why I do it, maybe how I do it, and also about other artists who've inspired me along the way.
My definition of the term "painting" will remain intentionally broad so I can talk about anything that interests me.
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