'Plein-Air Demonstration' by Jennifer Holmes: Educational Event of the Cheshire Art League

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Plein-Air Demonstration
by Jennifer Holmes
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Event Date, Time & Location:
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Cheshire Senior Center, 240 Maple Avenue, Cheshire, CT.

Ms. Holmes has painted in watercolors, acrylics, pastels, and oils. After attending Rochester Institute of Technology, Hartford Art School, and finishing with a BFA in Graphic Design and a minor in Marketing Management at Central Connecticut State Univeristy, she continued to pursue painting.

Studying pastel with Frank Federico and Claudia Post, she was encouraged to expand her efforts to include drawing and oil painting with Bernard McTigue. Workshops with Plein Air Painters of America.

Showing primarily in New England and New York, Jennifer's works have won numerous awards and honorable mentions; having recently received the Top Award: IDIOMAS, LLC, from Clinton Art Society, The Award of Excellence in the Mystic Elected Artist Show, and the 2nd place award in the Lyme Art Association Elected Artist Show. Honorable mentions in both the Newport Art Museum Annual Juried and Slater Museum Annual Connecticut Artists Show. Other shows include: The Connecticut Acadmy of Fine Arts Show, Hudson Valley Art Association's 76th Annual Show, The Sringfield Academic Artist's Show, and The Salamgundi Club's 31st Non-Member Show in New York.

Jennifer has earned Artist Member level in Connecticut Academy of Fine Artists and New Haven Paint and Clay Club, as well as Elected Artist at Lyme Art Association, Mystic Art Association, and the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society. She also holds membership in American Society of Marine Artists.

Recently Jennifer's painting; "Winter Marsh" was accepted for exhibition in the Paint America Paint the Parks 2008 Competition, in the Top 100 Exhibit. [1]

Learn more about Jennifer by visiting her website at www.jenholmesart.com

Jennifer's Plein-Air Setup & Paintings

"The natural world we view for painting landscapes and seascapes, incorporates color, space, and abstract shapes, combining with composition, to create a mood and inherent excitement. Painting in the traditions of the out door painters of Old Lyme and Rockport, I paint on location as much as possible. Painting en plein air, or painting out of doors, allows me the chance to capture a bit o' the life in constantly changing moments!"
~ Jennifer Holmes [1]

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"Plein air painting is exciting to me because I love to be outside in the natural world. Like a good 'read', you are so involved you are aware of nothing else. When you triumphantly close the book you are still full of the emotions and the mood; you are still there. Working to create that same sense of presence for the viewer is part of my challange."
~ Jennifer Holmes [1]