Oberg, Ice Fall, 42 x 42, oil CAC Gold Medal - 2014
Oil on Canvas - 42 x 42 - Not For Sale
Artist Comments
"Ice Fall" received the California Art Club Gold Medal in 2014.
I paint outside primarily as a means of learning the colors and moods of nature, and capturing the essentials. Plein air paintings are, these days, primarily a vehicle to inspire and improve my studio work. I wish still I had many of those paintings I did years ago, in my studio archives. Some were sold—a necessary evil—before I had a chance to develop them in the studio. I do fewer plein air paintings but keep more of them today.; they are a library of information needed in the studio. They also inform me of the spontaneous techniques that I strive to incorporate in the studio, hard as that is with the luxury of time. I tend to be a realist, recording as much useful information about the values, colors and forms quickly to enhance the drawing and detail that the camera provides. In the studio, the small study brings back the total experience of being in the moment, which helps me add some of the emotional aspects of the scene.
"Ice Fall" received the California Art Club Gold Medal in 2014.
I paint outside primarily as a means of learning the colors and moods of nature, and capturing the essentials. Plein air paintings are, these days, primarily a vehicle to inspire and improve my studio work. I wish still I had many of those paintings I did years ago, in my studio archives. Some were sold—a necessary evil—before I had a chance to develop them in the studio. I do fewer plein air paintings but keep more of them today.; they are a library of information needed in the studio. They also inform me of the spontaneous techniques that I strive to incorporate in the studio, hard as that is with the luxury of time. I tend to be a realist, recording as much useful information about the values, colors and forms quickly to enhance the drawing and detail that the camera provides. In the studio, the small study brings back the total experience of being in the moment, which helps me add some of the emotional aspects of the scene.
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