My Art My Life
Painting adds the ultimate reward to my life. It gives me the opportunity to meet other artist from around North America. I enjoy workshops where I meet other artists and have a chance to share experiences.
Its wonderful to see the success some of these people have attained and you know you have shared but a tiny part of their life. It all adds to a wonderful mosaic that enriches my life.
If it's showing my grandson how or visiting a unique part of the country it adds to my joy and life experience.
From my earliest recollection I have loved the outdoors and have spent every available moment in it. For me it is a place to still the mind and become Free.
I paint "Pleine Aire" as my absolute preference but I also "Studio Paint" when I can not get outdoors and I use my sketches and photographs as reference points for future Paintings.
My motivation is to create beauty that will capture your imagination and give you a moment of reflection to a place in time that that activates your memory and takes you back and gives you that warm feeling inside. I think it feeds your soul.
I love oils because they can be blended and pushed around till you reach that wonderous state of light and shadow, warm and cool , and you can readjust your values as you go. I feel like a kid again playing in the mud without limitation.
When I start a painting I usually do a thumb nail sketch for composition purposes and to eliminate some naturally occurring obstacles I may not want in the painting. I will usually take a photo or two for future reference as well.
Sometimes however there is such a strong deep seated urge to just get at it that I only sketch in a few guiding lines to block in my intended scene and I lay on the paint. These seem to be the ultimate moments when you feel the flow of energy in your body and usually the result is great.
I have tried to study the lives and paintings of the greats and my admiration for artists such as Tom Thompson, JEH Macdonald, Carl Rungius , Edgar Payne, Sargent , JW Beaty, is boundless. I like to visualize them standing by my side and accompanying me on my painting outings and coaching me as I paint.
With these guys at my side I am not afraid to lay on the paint to catch the last bit of light at days end and capture that scene to remember.
2008 Paint and Photography Trip
© Copyright 2008 by Jerry F. Albert.
No portion of the art work on this site may be copied, printed or reproduced or transmitted without the written permission of Jerry F. Albert
2008 Paint and Photography Trip
© Copyright 2008 by Jerry F. Albert.
No portion of the art work on this site may be copied, printed or reproduced or transmitted without the written permission of Jerry F. Albert
2008 Paint and Photography Trip
© Copyright 2008 by Jerry F. Albert.
No portion of the art work on this site may be copied, printed or reproduced or transmitted without the written permission of Jerry F. Albert
2008 Paint and Photography Trip
© Copyright 2008 by Jerry F. Albert.
No portion of the art work on this site may be copied, printed or reproduced or transmitted without the written permission of Jerry F. Albert
