Brande Arno Art

5 x 5 inches, Oil on Gessoboard  Sold, Thank you I'm brushing up on my plein air skills to get ready for the annual Seneca Lake Plein Air Festival.  The artists arrive at headquarters, which is The Smith Center for the Arts, on Wednesday, September 30.  We paint outdoors on Thursday and Friday.  On Saturday evening is a gala show and sale.   I'm a charter artist and I love this event.  A link for complete details is  Smith Arts In the western part of NY, the weather has been heavenly.  The sun is casting wonderful shadows and the sky is a beautiful shade of blue with clouds that tempt me to just paint them.  In spite of the perfect painting environment, I still had trouble finding a subject to paint.  Mostly due to dangerous parking on the side of busy roads. Below is were I finally decided to paint: Not the best picture, but you get the idea.  Next is how I started: And like always, I didn't snap photos...

July 7, 2013 - Plein Air - Oil on Board. 6 x 6 inches Click here to bid A simple scene that was harder to paint than I gave it credit for.  I wanted to paint outdoors yesterday and I usually don't paint on the weekends, but yesterday was an unusual day.  I've been in the studio painting quite a bit, but now that the monsoon type rains have ebbed, I'm going to get busy with plein air.

5 x 7 inches, Oil on Board with Palette Knife http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/brande-arno/miles-square-view/105253     I spotted these Evergreens on the way home from an appointment a few years ago.  When I got back to the studio, I grabbed my Plein Air kit and drove right back to make this painting.  So even though its a few years young, I decided it's time to post it.