In search of an imaginary boat January 12, 2017art career, Home, landscape, Mainebasalt, calling, Carol L. Douglas, granite, imaginary landscape, Karen Adrienne, lobster boat, painting, Quoddy Head By Carol Douglas It’s fun to puddle around in our imagination, but it can mean losing one’s sense of place. We can be either in our heads or in the world, but seldom in both places simultaneously.
When does it stop being plein air painting? January 11, 2017art career, Home, landscape, Maine, plein airCamden, Carol L. Douglas, field painting, jurying, Mercantile, Mistress, plein air, plein air events By Carol Douglas When does a plein air piece turn into a studio piece? For purposes of jurying, this painter would like to know.
The meaning of blue: color temperature on a snowy day January 10, 2017Home, landscape, Maine, paintingAmerican Eagle, Carol L. Douglas, color of light, color temperature, color theory, doe, Kelpie Gallery, landscape, Lewis R. French, Maine, snow, snowstorm By Carol Douglas The color of light is one of the most important concepts in painting. It’s most easily understood on a snowy winter day.
Painting the Great White North January 9, 2017art history, landscape, plein air paintingarctic, Carol L. Douglas, Caspar David Friedrich, Lawren Harris, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Poppy Balser, Rockwell Kent, Russel Whitten, sub-zero temperatures, winter By Carol Douglas Brrh! Some artists (including me) are called to paint in the Great White North. What are we thinking?