Claude Lorrain

18 day Artist trip to The Catskills , The Adirondacks , NYC and Gettysburg

June 23, 2016July 19, 2016 laurensansaricq3 Comments

I just returned home from a wonderful trip to The Catskills , The Adirondacks , NYC and Gettysburg with my partner Erik Koeppel. The first stop was NYC , where I taught a plein air workshop in Central Park , through The Grand Central Atelier. Here is a photo of the class at Gapstow Bridge , which is such a beautiful spot. The class was actually full with 12 students!

Here I am working on my demo painting from the workshop , I always like to have my drawing on had has you can see.

We then headed down to Gettysburg P.A. we we both participated in The History Meets The Arts Show. Here is some of my work from the show:

“Early Morning on The Hudson River” 12 x 18 in. Sold

“On the Beaten Path” 11 x 14in.

“Scene of Sunset” 6 x 11 in. Sold

“Le lever de la lune” 16 x 20 in.

Here are some photos of the event.

After Gettysburg , we then journeyed to one of our favorite places in the world , The Clove in The Catskill mountains. These mountains were home to one of the best movements in landscape painting , The Hudson River School. Their is nothing like visiting the same spots that Thomas Cole , Sanford Gifford , and Asher B Durand had spent time painting.

This time we were fortunate to paint at Artist’s Seat in Onteora Park, Inspiration Point , Twilght Park and Kaaterskill Falls. Below is a photo of all of my paintings made on the trip, all works in progress of course.

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Next we went to The Adirondacks! To attend Eric Rhoad’s The Publishers Invitational. Here are some photos from there.

There i am working in the lower left corner, what beautiful landscape.

Here I am working on my little painting.

And here is all the Plein Air Invitational Attendees!

We had a ball ! Another fun productive trip. Stay tuned for the finished works….

Kindred Spirits, Two Person Show in NYC at The Union League Club

January 23, 2016July 18, 2016 laurensansaricq2 Comments

Here is some works that are going to be in the show!

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Artists Capturing Echo Lake in Franconia Notch , Past and Present

October 13, 2015August 3, 2016 laurensansaricq2 Comments

Echo Lake in Franconia Notch New Hampshire, was a favorite spot for many of the White Mountain Artists and of course many of the Hudson River School Artists of the 19th century . Recently I set out to make a large painting of this gorgeous spot. Yet, I did not do my more normal procedure as I have done with other large paintings in the past, in this case I started the large canvas en plein air. Normally, I do a small painting outside our maybe just a careful drawing then take those studies back to the studio and make my larger painting. So this was a new and refreshing experience for me! But, anyway in this post I want to share some amazing White mountain painters works of this particular location then share my new piece.

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Alfred Thompson Bricher Alfred Thompson Bricher

Alfred Thompson Bricher Edward Hill

Alfred Thompson Bricher Samuel Lancaster Gerry

And here is my new painting of the same location……

“Echo Lake , Franconia Notch” 24x36in. oil on canvas . This painting will be available at this years show and sale , at the Jackson Historical Society , in Jackson N.H. the official opening is Oct. 23rd 6:00 to 9:00.Here is a link to the event: http://www.jacksonhistory.org/

Here I am working on the big canvas……

All images of historic paintings were courtesy, of White Mountain Art from http://whitemountainart.com/

“Principals of Studio Landscape painting” Workshop in NYC

October 6, 2015 laurensansaricq3 Comments

Here are some photos from my workshop at the Grand Central Atelier. I had such a wonderful time ! The photos taken are of my demo painting done in two short sitting: