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Summer Social and Paint Out July 31st
July 27, 2010
Don't miss the annual Plein Air Washington and the San Juan Preservation Trust Summer Social and Paint out, this Saturday, July 31st I will be participating again this year in both the juried art exhibit and invitational plein air “quick draw” event at the Hoedemaker Farm on Lopez Island....
Steven R Hill at Agora Gallery, New York
July 20, 2010
Agora Gallery, New York I am participating in an exhibit titled: "A Maze of Milieu" starting July 23, at Agora Gallery, located at 530 West 25th St., Chelsea, New York, NY. Exhibition dates: July 23 – August 13, 2010. Gallery hours; Tuesday-Saturday, 11 am-6 pm. An opening reception for...
17th Annual Carmel Arts Festival
April 27, 2010
I have again been juried into The 17th Annual Carmel Art Festival, which will be held May 13-16, in Carmel, California. All artists paint (rather furiously) for 2 days and turn our best 2 pieces in (framed) for jury on Friday evening. The festival opens to the public at 10 a.m. Saturday and runs...
Painting Workshops, Home and Abroad 2010
April 3, 2010
We have added a new category to my web site, to be able to post upcoming workshops, dates and details. I am offering 3 pastel painting workshops on Lopez Island this year, plus my annual 10 day plein air, multi-media workshop on Korcula Island, Croatia, this October. View the current classes ...
Big Thanks for Great Opening Night
March 25, 2010
I want to send a big thank you to friends and patrons who came to the new exhibit “Early Spring” of The Northwest Masters at La Conner Seaside Gallery last Saturday. We had a large turn-out of about 300 people throughout the day. It was great to see folks from the San Juan Islands, Anacortes,...
Steven R Hill New York Exhibit
January 3, 2010
Steven R Hill Opening at Amsterdam Whitney Fine Art Gallery Friday, January 8th, marks my inaugural exhibit in New York City at Amsterdam Whitney International Fine Art Gallery in the Chelsea District. Go to www.amsterdamwhitneygallery.com for a preview of the work I will be exhibiting...
Croatia Art Experience 2009/2010
November 7, 2009
The Croatia Art Experience ended with a flurry of activity from all involved. The last outdoor painting day was spent at the old walled city of Korcula, with everyone working hard to pick-off the last rays of sun, as storm clouds finally headed our way. But after nothing less than totally warm and...
Aix en Provence
October 4, 2009
September 23 2009 Cezanne's atelier, which I visited today, had a similar although loftier view over the city of Mont Sainte Victoire, which he painted several times with mid-range color values and a muted palette. Perhaps the transient effects of light affects my own palette...
Rural France
September 30, 2009
The painting here was done en plein air near Jegun, France, in the Gers region of southwest France, looking up at a chateau from just in front of a field of sunflowers. The spent russet flowers were all pointing characteristically east, but the backsides of the heads (facing me) still provided a...
Basque Landscape
September 18, 2009
Painted from a hilltop overlooking Gernika with a distance church. Painting in the Basque countryside of Spain brings many visual opportunities, as the steep, rugged countryside allows the perception of peaceful, nearly poetic contemplation for those who would listen. I hear it speak through...