http://pleinairpaintingblog.com Plein Air: French term. A painting done outside rather than in a studio. Sun, 08 May 2011 19:58:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I went to the Midnight Sun Brewery today to Meet with Barb Yonashek to talk over a commission (beer painting) of her late husbands elegy Viking Ale.  Before-hand I painted this in the parking lot. I always liked forklifts and I love pallets of kegs! I hope you enjoy this ... http://pleinairpaintingblog.com/2010/10/14/midnight-sun-forklift-and-kegs-10-13-10/ This is an old derelict from the alley near my condo.  I used to drive an old Olds wagon and wanted to spend a little time appreciating this old relic.  I wonder if it even starts, probably not, even with a new battery.  They sure don't make 'em like they ... http://pleinairpaintingblog.com/2010/10/13/old-oldsmobile-from-the-alley-between-10th-and-11th/ This painting is for sale at my Etsy store! This painting was created in McCarthy Alaska’s lovely little Museum.  I enjoyed volunteering at this small museum this summer, and will look forward to spending more days there next summer.  The day I decided to work on this painting ... http://pleinairpaintingblog.com/2010/09/23/mccarthy-ak-museum/ This painting is for sale at my Etsy store! If only I had an anvil like this I would build  myself a FORGE! I am looking forward to the day I get my own anvil.  It is especially important to me as an object to paint because of work ethic it ... http://pleinairpaintingblog.com/2010/09/01/anvil/ This Year my wife and I decided to spend the entire summer in McCarthy Alaska in the heart of the Wrangell St. Elias National Park! I have a 10 acre lot on the south side of the town of McCarthy. It was fun, but since we had yet to have ... http://pleinairpaintingblog.com/2010/09/01/mccarthy-museum-deck-building-and-rail-car/ Back from the Wrangell St. Elias National Park.   I painted some in the park this summer all plein air, as I was in the process of creating my indoor painting studio while I was there. My wife and I had the most Amazing summer, camping out, and building our ... http://pleinairpaintingblog.com/2010/09/01/hiking-to-the-jumbo-mine-in-wsenp/       The other day I was thinking that it would be nice to do a painting to commemorate the area where I live, the Southeast quadrant of Downtown Anchorage, specifically 11th and Eagle Street.  I painted the first painting of my pickup truck and building. I was pretty happy because ... http://pleinairpaintingblog.com/2010/04/20/truck-and-fairbanks-park/ This painting is for sale at my Etsy store! It was a fun little excursion to Talkeetna yesterday, finally making it out of Anchorage around Noon. Stopping to pick up our friend Dani, and for some espresso, we made it to Talkeetna around 3:00 in the afternoon.  We of course made ... http://pleinairpaintingblog.com/2010/04/10/yesterday-we-had-to-take-a-day-to-go-and-see-the-the-great-onedenali-was-out-in-full-regalia-and-i-painted/ This painting was done on April 5th, 2010 along the frozen Eagle River in Alaska.  Only fifteen minutes away from Anchorage, Eagle River is an interesting little place to spend the day.  Especially if you head up the mountain valley to the Eagle River nature center.  I decided to take ... http://pleinairpaintingblog.com/2010/04/06/visit-to-eagle-river-nature-trail/ I have been looking forward to the warmer weather that allows the outdoor painting season to begin, the snow and ice has been keeping me working inside and I am ready for summer to be here.  Nothing is as exciting, that I have run into,  than the beauty of Alaska ... http://pleinairpaintingblog.com/2010/03/30/older-2006-paintingalex-combs-painting-studio/