{"id":225557,"date":"2018-11-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/plein-air-painter\/"},"modified":"2018-11-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T08:00:00","slug":"plein-air-painter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/plein-air-painter\/","title":{"rendered":"Plein-air painter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Linda Michael | Asociaci\u00f3n de Arte de Foothills<\/p>\n

Foothills Art Association December Featured Artist Chona Doering started painting as a way to document memorable places she visited with her family.<\/p>\n

\"Plein-air<\/a>
A desert scene by artist Chona Doering (Courtesy Foothills Art Association)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMy canvas is my journal,\u201d she says. \u201cEvery brush stroke has a place in the painting that adds to its beauty. It\u2019s like writing in your journal, each entry makes the story.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Doering says she had always had a love for art, it was not until 10 years ago that she really got involved by studying the fundamentals, such as color mixing, composition, values, etc. to learn how to create cohesive work.<\/p>\n

Doering studied under the tutelage of a \u201chighly-regarded local, internationally-known artist,\u201d who introduced her to plein-air painting. She read a lot of books on the subject and expanded her studies by taking various classes and workshops on drawing as well as still life and portraiture.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoy painting plein-air \u2014 I call it my outdoor office,\u201d she said. \u201cI like the spontaneity and the fresh look of the painting. I often paint larger pieces from the small studies that I painted outdoors, as most artist do.<\/p>\n

\u201cOil is my medium of choice,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt allows me to work on a painting in several sessions. It glides off the brush and lays perfectly as you want it to according to how you manipulate your brush. It is magical. I paint and create art because it is my soulful expression of gratitude for life, nature and the love that surrounds us. I hope my work will bring smile to anyone that crosses its path.\u201d<\/p>\n

An artist reception for Doering will be held Saturday, Dec. 8, 2-4 p.m. at the Foothills Gallery at Porter Hall, 4910 Memorial Drive. For more information, call 619-464-7167.<\/p>\n

\u2014Linda Michael is editor of Footnotes, the newsletter of the Foothills Art Association.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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