- OUT OF THE STUDIO AND INTO THE OPEN AIR ARTIST
NINA BRODE EVERSON IS INSPIRED BY THE BEAUTY OF LAKE NORMAN
AND THE SCENERY AT ALL SEASONS MARINA IN MOORESVILLE.
- THEY'RE OUT HERE TO CATCH TE NATURAL LIGHTS IN THE SHADOWS
AND TO TWO MORE OR LESS GIVE AN IMPRESSION OF WATCHERS
NOT A PHOTOGRAPH.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU'VE STOOD HERE TWO HOURS
AND YOU'RE BACK 30 OF YOUR FEET HURTING
AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IT
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN STANDING HERE PAINTING
AND YOU GO TO ANOTHER PLACE IN YOUR HEAD.
- IT'S A PLACE WHERE CREATIVITY AND COLORS FLOW.
BUT CAPTURING AN EVER CHANGING LANDSCAPE CAN BE A CHALLENGE.
- SO, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BLOCK
IN SOME OF MY HIGHLIGHTS ON MY WATER TO MATCH THE SKY
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS IT DOES REFLECT THE SKY
THAT'S WHERE IT GETS ITS BLUE.
- NINA IS ONE OF SEVERAL DOZEN ARTISTS
PARTICIPATING IN A THREE DAY PAINT
OUT KNOWN AS THE NORTH CAROLINA OPEN PLEIN AIR EVENT.
- IT'S BECOME KIND OF A ORGANIZED SPORT.
IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE GOYA AND MONET AND RENOIR.
THEY ALL PAINTED OUT PLEIN AIR,
IT'S SIMPLY A FRENCH WORD FOR PAINTING OUTSIDE.
- PLEIN AIR GOES BACK FOR CENTURIES.
IN FACT IT WAS MADE INTO AN ART FORM BY FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS.
IT CAME FROM THEIR DESIRE TO PAINT LIGHT
AND ITS EPHEMERAL QUALITIES.
- PEOPLE HAVE REALLY TAKEN IT UP AS A SPECIALTY.
AND I THINK IT'S COOL BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO GET AWAY
FROM COPYING PHOTOGRAPHS
AND COPYING THE WORLD HERE OR INTERPRETING THE WORLD.
SO I LIKE IT A LOT.
- PART OF THIS PAINT OUT ORGANIZED
BY MOORESVILLE ARTS
INCLUDES A WORKSHOP TAUGHT
BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PLEIN AIR PAINTER HAROLD FRONS.
- MONET USED TO PAINT A BOAT I THINK, DIDN'T HE?
- YEP. - SOME OF THEM DID
- WHILE PAINTING OUTDOORS
CAN BE TAXING ON THE BODY IT CAN IGNITE AN ARTFUL SOUL.
NATURE AND ITS EVER CHANGING SPLENDOR
BECOMES AN INTOXICATING MUSE.
- YOU CAN PAINT IN THE STUDIO AND YOU CAN PAINT
AND PHOTOGRAPH AND IMAGERY
BUT TO BE OUTSIDE THE SIGHTS AND THE SOUND THE SMELL
AND THE FEEL ARE BEING IN TOUCH WITH NATURE.
FOR ME THERE'S AN EMOTIONAL ELEMENT
THAT I CAN'T REALLY CAPTURE IN THE STUDIO.
- BUT WHEN I SEE SOMETHING THAT SAYS PAINT ME, PAINT ME,
I CALL IT THE WOW FACTOR.
- THERE IS DEFINITELY A ROMANTIC PIECE
TO PLEIN AIR PAINTING
BUT AS IRENE MENTIONED EARLIER IT
IS A BIT OF AN ORGANIZED SPORT.
THIS PAINT OUT GIVES ARTISTS THREE DAYS
TO CREATE THEIR OWN MASTERPIECES AT SCENIC LOCATIONS
THROUGHOUT MOORESVILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
- FRIDAY MORNING AT SIX O'CLOCK UNTIL SUNDAY AT 9 OR 10
OR SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO FINISH YOUR PAINTINGS
DURING THAT TIME.
OUTSIDE, RIGHT THEN AND THAT'S THE FUN OF IT.
- ARTISTS OF ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOME
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT.
LINDA REVELLE IS TEACHING HER GRANDCHILDREN GRAYSON
AND HAWKINS SOME TECHNIQUES OF HER TRADE
ON THE GROUNDS OF THE LANGTRY MANSION.
- THERE'S LIKE DARK TO LIGHT.
- YEAH, YEAH AND I'M KIND OF ALMOST CREATING CLOUDS
WITHOUT EVEN TRYING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
IT'S JUST KIND OF THE WAY THAT THEY USED MY BRUSHSTROKES
KIND OF BACK AND FORTH AND IT'S FUN.
- REVELLE IS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF MOORESVILLE ARTS
AN ORGANIZATION WHICH DATES BACK TO 1955.
AFTER THESE PAINTINGS
ARE COMPLETED THEY'LL BE JUDGED AWARDS
WILL BE GIVEN AND MANY PIECES
WILL BE SHOWCASED IN MOORESVILLE ARTS DOWNTOWN GALLERY.
- WE HAVE THREE GALLERIES IN THE FRONT
SO WE LITERALLY HAVE THREE SHOWS GOING ON AT A TIME
OR WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BIG SHOWS
OUR MAJOR SHOWS IN THE SPRING
AND IN THE FALL WE HAVE THE WHOLE GALLERY IS FILLED WITH 20
PLUS 100 TO 180 TO 200 PLUS PIECES.
- IF YOU'RE NOT INTO COMPETING SIMPLY
BEING A PART OF THE PAINT OUT
AND BEING TAUGHT BY PLEIN AIR EXPERTS LIKE HAROLD FRONS
IS JUST A LEARNING EXPERIENCE MANY ASPIRING ARTISTS
ARE LOOKING FOR.
- WE COVER THE BASIC ELEMENTS COMPOSITION
DESIGN ISOLATING AREAS
THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE SKETCHING IN THE VALUES
IDENTIFYING COLORS USING BRUSHWORK
BUT IN A SYSTEMATIC WAY.
FOR MY SAYING IS EMOTION INSPIRES ME
TO BEGIN A PAINTING
BUT REASON, IE. METHOD,
ENABLES ME TO COMPLETE THE PAINTING.
- THE FOURTH ANNUAL NORTH CAROLINA OPEN PLEIN AIR EVENT
IS TUESDAY JUNE 5TH THROUGH SUNDAY JUNE 10 IN MOORESVILLE.
AND THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE MOORESVILLE ARTS COUNCIL.
ON SUNDAY JUNE 10TH,
ALL PAINTINGS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE MOORESVILLE DEPOT
VISUAL ARTS CENTER
AT 1 0 3 WEST CENTER AVE. IN MOORESVILLE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO THER WEBSITE AT MOORESVILLEARTS.ORG.