As a colleague of mine once said... “I feel like I own that piece of land now” How true!
Setting up one’s easel on the side of a road, beneath a cluster of trees or on the top of a hill, and experiencing the wind, smell and light... there is nothing like it.
Although I have been a studio painter for many years, concentrating on the figure and still-life, I now believe that I didn’t “see” until I started painting outdoors, on location.
Being a plein-air painter, one gets to experience not only the amazing beauty of your surroundings, but you see the world with new eyes. Seeing colors in shadows which were once just dark and gold in the reflections of light... the various hues that make up a blade of grass or a field of wildflowers. One cannot help but be totally enamored with the world that surrounds us. One becomes a part of that experience, if not intimately connected with it.
My goal is to captivate not just what I see, but communicate the light and energy which I experience and feel... and share the land that belongs to all of us!
For more information and additional samples of Deirdre Shibano’s work, visit her web site: www.artdshibano.com
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