Plein Air Streaming in Plein Air Magazine

My thanks to Plein Air Magazine editor Kelly Seiter Kane for including me in the magazine's June/July issue, and to Stefanie Badders Laufersweiler for writing such a great article.

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John Saunders Portrait Painting

Remembering my father, a WWII veteran, this Memorial Day. Here's a portrait from 2005.

"John Saunders" (oil on canvas, 14"x19").

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April 2018 Gateway International Painting Competition

My thanks to judge Suzie Greer Baker for choosing my painting, "Fireworks" (oil on linen, 12"x12"), as a runner-up in the April 2018 Gateway International Painting Competition.

Painting photo by Saunders Fine Arts.

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Floral Painting Workshop II - Ellis County Art Association

Texas artists, my three-day floral painting workshop August 3rd - 5th at the Ellis County Art Association's Art on the Square Gallery in Waxahachie, Texas, has sold out, so I am now offering a second floral class there on August 7th - 9th.

There are only a few spots left in my second workshop, so click on the link below to register. This link takes you to an ECAA website page with a wait list button that will allow you to sign up for my second class.

http://bit.ly/Patrick-Saunders-Waxahachie-Floral-Workshop-II

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John Singer Sargent's Gassed Painting

If you live in or near Kansas City, Missouri, you have the opportunity right now to view John Singer Sargent's masterpiece "Gassed." The painting is on loan to the National World War I Museum and Memorial from the Imperial War Museum in London and is absolutely stunning in person.

The painting is over 20' in width, and having only viewed the piece in small print reproductions, I was knocked out by all of the elements that I never noticed before, such as the soccer game taking place behind the main figures, and numerous biplanes flying throughout the sky.

Through the use of temperature changes in the figures (and the ropes to the right), Sargent suggests that there are a number of tents to our right, and only a shaft of light shines through and illuminates the scene. In the background, however, the soccer game is in full sunlight.

Also, nowhere in the painting are we confronted with the eyes of any of the figures. I get the sense that Sargent was conveying the public blindness to the true horror of the war. The injured are moved into the shadows, while the uninjured go about their normal routine.




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TBT: Zoe Pet Portrait

For throwback Thursday, here's my first ever dog portrait commission from oh so many years ago.

"Zoe" (oil on canvas, 24"x18"). Painting photo by Saunders Fine Arts.

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Plein Air KC

I was asked to be the judge for Plein Air KC this year, a great event that I participated in as an artist several times in the past.

Judging is never easy, because art is subjective, but I have a criteria that I use to evaluate paintings, and I explained my choices as clearly as I could at the awards ceremony. Here's a video of me explaining my selections.

I had the chance to do several live interviews with a local television station about the festival, and my philosophy on painting. Here's one portion of those interviews.

My thanks to Plein Air KC founder and chairman Kirk Peterson of the Penn Valley Park Conservancy for asking me to come back to the city that was my home for many years, and where I went to art school, to be a part of this festival. Congratulations to all of the many talented artists who came out to paint this year.



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Oil Painters of America 2018 Juried Salon Show

I'm pleased to announce that my "Above and Below" (oil on panel, 14"x18") will be a part of the Oil Painters of America's 2018 Juried Salon Show at the Crooked Tree Arts Center in Traverse City, Michigan, June 22nd - September 1st. 

Congratulations to all of the accepted artists.

Painting photo by Saunders Fine Arts.

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Alumapalooza 9 Fine Art Invitational Airstream Paintings

I just shipped my painting of our Sweet Potato, painted at Plein Air Texas last year, to the Airstream center in Jackson Center, Ohio, for Alumapalooza's 2018 Fine Art Invitational.

Invited artists' work will be shown this year at the Riverside Art Center, not far from the Airstream factory.

"Guest House" (oil on linen, 18"x24")

We had the opportunity to attend our first Alumapalooza last year, where my painting of our Bambi Sport 16 won the People's Choice Award.

"Bambi and the Barn" (oil on linen, 12"x16")

I will also be shipping my new mini painting of our old Bambi to Alumapalooza this year to be auctioned off to benefit the local Fish Pond Food Pantry.

"Bambi in the Woods" (oil on board, 5"x7")

Alumapaloozas are fun events with lots to see and do, and not just for Airstreamers. Visit this year if you can from May 29th - June 3rd. There is nothing else like it.





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