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Plein Aire: (French for open air); term applied since 1850 to artists who paint scenes outdoors directly from observation. Some Plein Aire painters included Monet, Pissaro, Renoir, Sisley, Sargent, and others. A Plein Aire painting should be painted on a small 8 x10 to 11 x 14 panel in one sitting usually completed in one to two hours, before the light changes. It's usually done painterly. Painterly: appearing free in style or technique with more use of mass than of lines; having the effect of spontaneous, expert paint application.
"I call these small treasures of pieces of paint." ~~Patsy Arrington Dorsett |
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Patsy Arrington Dorsett 234 West Augusta Avenue Vinton,
Virginia 24179 Artwork images copyright protected by Dorsett Portraits © 1996-2005
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