Plein-air painting
Working on-the-spot in different weather conditions has its highs and lows, but is still important in order to learn to read nature both objectively and subjectively. As an artist who works from life, I believe that although studio painting is a good medium to demonstrate the “inner” feeling, or subconcious thought, there is no substitute for enduring the trials and conflicts one sometimes encounters when painting outdoors in order to both catch nature’s light effects and absorb its majesty. It is true that as one progresses in this format, no matter how great the effort and dedication to purpose, one still is unable to attain total conquest and mastery of this process–indeed, I at least, only see how far I have yet to go.
T. H. Widener (Feb 1, 2009)