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Plein Air Painting

What exactly is “plein air”?

Encyclopedia Britannica says this,

"in its strictest sense, the practice of painting landscape pictures out-of-door; more loosely, the achievement of an intense impression of the open air (French: plein air) in a landscape painting."

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Cottonwood Sunset
Summer Color
On the Range
October Afternoon
Rio Grande Afternoon
Bernies's Garden
Summer Greens
Blanca Vista
Lily Pond Autumn
Fence Line Aspens
Winter Road
High Flying
Valley Gold
On the Breeze
Evening Drama
View From the Water
2 Hours at 20 Degrees
Afternoon Watch
Morning on the Crossroads
Rio Grande July
Rio Trailhead
Yesterday's Hardware
Carol's Chickens
Fall Reflections
Canyon Fireworks
In the Key of Fall
San Francisco Creek
The Grill
Morning at Sprague Lake
Hidden Stream
Indian Summer
Rio Grande August
Mountain August
Sublime Cheyenne
Crestone Morning
Twilight Grazers   9 x 12
Waiting  11 x 14
Zapata Runoff
Monday in Taos
East Willow Creek
O'Haver Gold
Tree Time
In the Field
Zapata Gold
Raking Light
Spring Thaw
Sangre Moonrise
Commuter
Afternoon in the Tall Grass
Christmas Eve
Chimayo Sanctuario
7 Mile Plaza   12 x 16
Happy Ending
Ladies in Waiting
This is the Day
Tuesday Morning Pick-up

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