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Plein Air Painting with Pastel Master, Richard McKinley

Having taken a one day PAPO workshop with plein air painter Richard Mckinley about three years ago in Bend, Oregon, I knew that I must have a longer painting experience under this master painter!  I registered for his workshop as soon as it was pr…

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Norm Rossignol, who paints in watercolor and pastels, is an art instructor at the art shop in Phoenix, Oregon. He has just announced the first outing of this Spring for the Plein Air Society of Southern Oregon. The group will meet at the Lithia Park D…

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Featured Artist for March 2013

I was pleased and honored to be the featured artist at Art Du Jour Gallery this month. For this exhibit I selected 24 plein air paintings I have done in Watercolors and in Pastel. Having sold four last evening, during the gallery’s Third Friday rece…

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PAT BLAIR in Plein Air at ART DU JOUR GALLERY

I am pleased to be the featured artist for the month of March in the Art Du Jour Gallery at 213 East Main Street, Medford, Oregon.  The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 to 4:00 PM.    On Friday, March 15thwe will …

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Planning an Exhibit of my plein air work.

My work “En Plein Air” will be featured for the entire month of March at Art Du Jour Gallery.   In planning for this exhibit I was interested to see just how many of my plein air paintings include a body of water!   I have travelled…

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Pat Blair March featured artist at Art du Jour!

patblair_Up North Phoenix Road

Please come to the 3rd Friday Art Reception at Art Du Jour Gallery, 213 E Main Street, in downtown Medford, on Friday, March 15th. 5:00 to 8:00 pm. I am pleased and honored to be the Featured Artist for the month of March and I’d love to see you there! I will be in the Gallery from 1:00 to 4:00 on Saturday, March 2nd if you’d like a personally guided tour of our gallery.

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Second Pastel Class with Janis Lacey Ellison

In Mid January I registered for a second four week round of pastel painting classes with Janis Lacey Ellison.Once again the class was small and each person was given lots of one on one with the instructor.   Painting in pastels is challenging…

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GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT SYNDROME

Seven Oaks Maple — PastelBirdseye view of Carpenter Hill – PastelOctober and November found this painter concentrating on planning for the future.  Instead of going out to do plein air paintings I needed to focus on completing paintings that I ha…

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Pastel Painting With Janis Lacey Ellison

  Normally on Fridays I am out the door by 9:30 AM to travel to a predetermined location to do plein air painting.  On this day I traveled no further than to the classroom located at Central Graphics in Downtown Medford.   I ha…

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REFLECTING POND, RACING RIVER

Rogue River doing double dutyA peaceful morning and much to paint about!    My painting partner for today was Bette Haberlach.  We drove over to Gold Hill and took the dirt road that runs down along the right side of the river just …

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