Shadows and Light : General Plein Air

George Rothacker has always painted with acrylics, and usually incorporated photographic reference in with his imagination to create his artwork. Several years ago, he began painting from life when on a vacation in Maine. Throughout the six days he and his family stayed on the island of Vinelhaven, he created five paintings. The next year he returned to the island, enlarged the scale of his endeavors and finished three canvases.

These paintings are usually accomplished in one sitting, and reflect a time of day when he literally stops the light. He looks forward to the shortening of days as the light changes from white to yellow, the trees turn from bright green to oranges and reds, then bare, and the clouds take on new character. The result in these paintings is often dappled buildings, stormy skies and deep and dramatic shadows.

George seldom wears his glasses when he paints. This produces a softer, more impressionistic effect, than when the details are seen too clearly. In the three to seven hours he spends painting, he enjoys the air, the time of day, the people who pass by with questions, and the feeling of completing a piece of art that has stopped a moment in time forever.


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Prints of plein air paintings measure approximately 10" x 8". These are printed on heavy archival mat stock via a 7-color Epson ink jet printer using archival inks. All of these prints are in editions of 50.		 GalleriesArtist BioNewsPressStoreContactHome


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