Evening Clouds5 x 8 PLEIN AIR PAINTING |
This and 21 other images of plein air paintings by Billups
are published in a special edition soft cover book, "200 for 2000",
of the Clymer Museum Show.
The book can be purchase for $20 from this website.
There are 9 other images throughout this LANDSCAPE section
(to see which, please see the
publication at top of the web site index).
ALSO, all the images in the book, can be viewed
in my EBAY STORE...
which is the click above, on this page!!
As I was finishing the painting "End of Winter" (the cover on the Clymer Book),
and I was exhausted...and as I was putting my gear away,
noticed this scene...too beautiful and too "simple" not to attempt to capture.
I'm real glad I hung around! And thank goodness the dirt road was still wet from winter,
and not blowing dust! (So many people who do not paint on location,
will remarks "how wonderful it must be, to have the time and paint any place you choose!"
What they do not realize, is that artists put up with some pretty rough situations from bugs,
wind, rain, constantly changing light, trees loosing all their golden leaves
(actually happened to a friend), boats sinking (yep, that happened, too!),
or sometimes just up and taking off,
half way thru a painting!)
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Betty Jean Billups: bbillups@coldreams.com - (208) 263-1117
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