excursions - august 2 to 28 - lincoln, nebraska

On display now at Burkholder Project, 719 P Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Contact Anne Burkholder @ anburkholder@earthlink.net
All paintings were begun outdoors en plein air.
Double click on images to see enlarged.

 

 

Study of Trees and Sky,

acrylic on canvas panel in 10" x 12" frame,

image size 8" x 10"

signature lower left, $ 375

 

 

Pond on Farm #2, Schnares,

acrylic on panel in 11" x 14" frame,

image size 7" x 10"

signature lower right, $ 375

 

  Field and Bluff,

acrylic on 11" x 14" cradled panel,

signature lower right, $ 375

 

 

 

 Tree Trunks, Woodwards,

acrylic on watercolor paper in 11" x14" frame,

image size 9" x 12",

signature lower right, $ 375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunrise, Near Old 24,

acrylic on watercolor paper in 11" x14" frame,

image size 9" x 12",

signature lower right, $ 375

 

 

 

 

Study Of Clouds,

acrylic on watercolor paper in 11" x14" frame,

image size 9" x 12",

signature lower right, $ 375

 

 

 

 



Change In Sky,

acrylic on watercolor paper in 11" x14" frame,

image size 9" x 12",

signature lower right, $ 375

 

 

 

 

 

Tree Trunks And Meadow, Woodwards,

acrylic on watercolor paper in 11" x14" frame,

image size 9" x 12",

signature lower right, $ 375

 

 

 

 

 

Study Of Tall Tree,

12" x 16", acrylic on panel

signature lower right, $ 375

 

 

 

 

 

Pond On Farm # I,

10" x 10", acrylic on panel,

signature on lower right, $ 375

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cloud and Field,

24" x 18", acrylic on canvas,

signature lower left, $ 375

 

 

 

 

Waterway,

acrylic on 16" x 20" cradled panel,

signature lower left, $ 375

 

 

 

 

Sunrise near Heins Lake,

acrylic on 16" x 20" cradled panel,

signature lower right, $ 375

 

 

 

 

 

Sunrise, 12" x 16",

acrylic on panel,

signature on lower right, $ 375

 

 

 

 

River Ridge, 18" x 24",

acrylic on canvas,

signature lower left, $ 375

 

 Water’s Edge,

24" x 24", acrylic on canvas,

signature lower right, $ 375

                                                                                          

Artist Statement

    Prime considerations were given to “side-to-side” and “down-to-up” elements in each painting, as it was first painted outdoors. These excursions took place outside Carrollton city limits in Missouri during June and July of 2013. Thanks to Miles Conner at Lincoln Lakes, Chris Woodward at Woodward Ranch, Roger and Marilyn Schnare on their farm, and Miles Carter at Moss Creek for granting permission and access to these properties.

Karl Marxhausen

August 2, 2013

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Carrollton, Missouri, USA 

 

principles - excursion

 

Here are the inside principles I set for myself .... while painting these scenes outdoors. Double click on image to see details enlarged.

• Pushing myself to go wide from left to right.

• Managing information down low and high up.
• Making these elements work in the painting.

 

Had I chosen to draw a crazy a cartoon, or put figures upside down in outer space, or go impulsively abstract I could have done that. I HAVE done that!!

 

THIS time--

• outdoors: in the wind, the sharp morning air, hunkered down, looking out across
• including nature elements, selecting some but not all, ignoring too much detail
• dealing with fleeting clouds, shifting reflections, changing shadows, all the motion
• focusing on light tree trunks in front of dark spaces
• making close tree rows recede
• choosing the colors I want, mixing colors on the spot, happy that acrylic dries fast
• going back to the same location multiple times at the same hour each day to catch a certain kind of lighting
• every brush stroke counts

 

Compare the following two images of the same work, Water's Edge.

 



      To me, the result was monumental. Managing information up high above my head and down to the grass beneath my feet. Using nature elements while working outdoors.

 

     At the end of my painting period (June and July), I made changes based on what I had liked in the other works, such as lightening the horizon, defining the shoreline and duckweed patch. The result was pleasing to my eye.

 

Excursion exhibit -- will be posted upcoming week of August 12 

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