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Bandon’s Beauty

While on our annual family retreat to the Oregon coast we were blessed with beautiful skies after a heavy rain storm in Bandon by the Sea:

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Painting a Moving Target, by Stefan Baumann

Painting a moving target like waves in the ocean isn’t easy but there is a rhythm to nature and also to waves, and this pattern of movement can be captured in a brief time as I have done in this painting.

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SOAR Welcomes Masterpiece Christian Fine Arts Foundation & its 2012 “Envision” Conference

Masterpiece Christian Artists Conference 2012 brochure

We were delighted to hear from Jeanne Randall of the Masterpiece Christian Fine Arts Foundation last week and just posted new listings for the non-profit organization she heads, the Masterpiece Christian Fine Arts Foundation, and its annual artists retreat and conference, with a 2012 theme “Envision” for its May 30 – June 2 meeting. Please note that registration for their 2012 conference is now underway and visit their listings for a complete collection of links and contact information.

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Broken Wing Becomes a Perfect Treasure

The “final” day of our Alpine Retreat 2010 After the Women’s Journaling Retreat of 2010 has formally ended, Jean and I linger for an extra day. Wandering and pondering the lakes edge in the late afternoon. The Retreat is over and &#8…

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Luminism: An American Art Style

Example of Romantic Luminism by Stefan Baumann

This painting style is truly American characterized by including the effect of light in a landscape using aerial perspective (how atmospheric conditions influence our perception of objects in the distance.)

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Awe and Wonder, Expressing Feeling in your Paintings

We just received our first newsletter from plein air painter Stefan Baumann, who has given us permission to post its inspiring content here at Art Matters! Host of the popular weekly PBS television series, “The Grand View, America’s National Parks through the Eyes of an Artist,” Baumann shares with millions of viewers his passion for painting in the great outdoors. His work is currently advertised in Art of the West Magazine, he is a spokesman for Masterpiece Canvas and teaches classes and workshops from his ranch at Mt Shasta, in Medford, Oregon at Central Art Supply and the Rogue Gallery & Art Center, and in several locations in Northern California.

"Winters Cutoff," by Stefan Baumann (12" X18")

We are preparing the Grand View Ranch for our fall workshops and this year I am eagerly looking forward to transforming artists’ abilities to see Mt. Shasta in new and exciting ways.

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