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Cape Cod with Charles Sovek,
en Plein Air |
Nationally known Connecticut artist, author
and educator, Charles Sovek, takes viewers to his summer
home and studio on Cape Cod. Highly engaging, Charles
shares his life as an artist and the perspective 50 years
of experience brings to painting en plein air.
Viewers will discover the rich history of the Province
town artists’ colony, from the founding by Charles
Hawthorne in the late 1800s, to the arrival of Hans Hoffman
and the abstract expressionist. Commentary and examples
are provided by Chris McCarthy, Director of the Province
town Art Association and Museum, and James Baker, author
and art expert.
Peggy Sovek, Charles’ wife, shares her family’s
history and relationship to Charles Hawthorne at the family’s
“Red House.” And Charles demonstrates art
in the making with a painting demonstration on the docks
of the Province town boat harbor. |
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Taos en Plein Air, and
the Taos Society of Artists |
Contemporary plein air artist, Ron Rencher, is featured
in this episode and introduces viewers to the rich and
colorful history of Taos, New Mexico. Following a brief
biographical sketch, discover how the Pueblo (Tewa) Indians,
the Santa Fe Railroad and a group of academically trained,
highly skilled artists from the East Coast came together
to give birth to the Taos Society of Artists and artists
colony that remain active today.
This episode takes viewers to the Taos Pueblo, still inhabited
after a thousand years, and the E. I. Couse studio, the
remaining in-tact studio of the Taos Society of Artists.
The program concludes with a painting demonstration by
well-known plein air artist, Ron Rencher, painting the
autumn colors in the Sangre de Christo Mountains. |
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Trinidad, Colorado, en
Plein Air, and the California Impressionists |
Watercolorist and oil painter, Frank LaLumia,
shows his command of both mediums with an on-location
watercolor demonstration as he paints the historic buildings
of Trinidad. Colorado; then, painting in oils at Three
Ponds Farm in Central Michigan. and, Frank shares insights
into his life as a professional landscape artist.
Jean Stern, Executive Director, The Irvine Museum, author
and art historian, provides historical insights to plein
air painting in America and introduces viewers to works
by William Wendt, Guy Rose, Alston Clarke and the California
Impressionist plein air artists featured in The Irvine
Museum collection. |
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Painting
the American Landscape DVD kit
A
dual DVD ($39.95 value) with a ValueComp ($7.99 value),
total of $47.94 value kit
Learn from the experiences of the master artists how
to see and paint the grandeur of American scene.
Each
episode length 26.46 min. Original PBS Plus program
format. Closed captioned.
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Price
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