A-muse-ing Views of Art

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A-muse-ing Views of Art
Gallery curated by Bruce

including art of
Leon Putz (1869-1940) German,
Frank Stella (1936- ) American,
René Magritte (1898-1967) Belgian, and
Bruce McMillan (1947- ) American...

art relating to apple tree watercolors...
to prompt visual thought...
three pairs to muse on...

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Ninety-one Years Still Growing
Bruce McMillan (1947- ) American
Watercolor on paper, 7" x 5" (w x h), 2022
Sold, Three Rivers Land Trust auction, 07/24/2022

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Portrait of a Lady / Damenporträt
Leo Putz (1869-1940) German
Oil on canvas, 16" x 16" (w x h), circa 1910
Private collection
Ketterer Kunst, Munich 2019 auction, sold $19,500

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Apple Tree Hanging Out
Bruce McMillan (1947- ) American
Watercolor on paper, 10" x 8" (w x h), 2022
Sold, Three Rivers Land Trust auction, 07/24/2022

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Bafq
Frank Stella (1936- ) American
Fluorescent alkyd on canvas, 9' x 7' 10" w x h), 1965
Private Collection
(from Stella's Persian Paintings,
all four named for ancient cities in Iran.)

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Lower Orchard Three
Bruce McMillan (1947- ) American
Watercolor on paper, 12" x 9" (w x h), 2022
Sold, Three Rivers Land Trust auction, 07/24/2022

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The False Mirror Paris
René Magritte (1898-1967) Belgian
Oil on canvas, 32" x 21" (w x h), 1929
MOMA, Museum of Modern Art, NY

All Bruce McMillan watercolors sold benefit the Three Rivers Lands Trust, their web site HERE. They were painted at McDougal Orchards (their website HERE) during the Springvale Public Library Bruce McMillan Watercolor Workshop to benefit the library (their website HERE),

Bruce's SPL Painting Workshop

Lower Orchard Three

Ninety-one year old apple trees in the lower orchard at McDougal Orchards, Hanson's Ridge, Springvale, Maine, (website HERE) demo painted plein air July 19, 2022, 12" x 9" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
Sold at the Three Rivers Land Trust 2022 benefit auction

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Bruce's Painting Workshop
July 19, 2022
The Springvale Public Library
2022 Watercolor Workshop
All student fees were donated to the SPL auction fundraiser.

We painted up the hill from the Springvale Public Library on Hanson's Ridge in the lower orchard at McDougal Orchards, a six generation family farm business where I'd photographed my children's book Apples: How They Grow (Houghton,  1979)

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My plein air demo started as a sketch on a hot humid windy day.

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Bobbi Heath, an oil painter, was here to improve her watercolor skills.

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Bobbi Heath notes:
1) Creating green by layering yellow and blue.
2) Not using ultramarine blue in making the greens.
3) More white of the paper.
4) Lifting.
5) Going over the sky more than once to add pigment.

Bobbi Heath's art website is HERE.

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The scene...

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Bobbi's first and second watercolor paintings, moving from thinking in oil painting mode to thinking in watercolor painting mode, two entirely different approaches, from opaque to transparent, from where white is a color on the palette to where white is the watercolor paper itself.

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My subject in the lower orchard at McDougal Orchards, and two studies...

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Apple Tree Hanging Out

in the lower orchard at McDougal Orchards, Hanson's Ridge, Springvale, Maine, painted plein air July 19, 2022, 10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
Sold at the Three Rivers Land Trust 2022 benefit auction

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Ninety-one Years Still Growing

in the lower orchard at McDougal Orchards, Hanson's Ridge, Springvale, Maine, painted plein air July 19, 2022, 7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
Sold at the Three Rivers Land Trust 2022 benefit auction

One Two Apples that Grew

 

One Two Apples that Grew

in the lower orchard at McDougal Orchards, Hanson's Ridge, Springvale, Maine,
painted plein air July 19, 2022, 5" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed
$150

Seven Eight Apples the Wait

 

Seven Eight Apples the Wait

in the lower orchard at McDougal Orchards, Hanson's Ridge, Springvale, Maine,
painted plein air July 19, 2022, 5" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed
$150

Apples Nine Growing Fine

Apples Nine Growing Fine

in the lower orchard at McDougal Orchards, Hanson's Ridge, Springvale, Maine,
painted plein air July 19, 2022, 5" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed
$150

Reykjavik Rider / Reykjavík knapi

Reykjavik Rider / Reykjavík knapi

on an E-scooter in Iceland, on June 20, 2022, painted July 13, 2022, 8" x 10" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed
$475 USD / 65.000 ISK

Juried into the Icelandic Watercolor Society / Vatnslitafélags Íslands
Fall 2023 Exhibition, Shades / Blæbrigði
9/23 - 10/20, 2023
Hallsteinssal
Borgarfjörður Museum
Berugata 14
Borgarnes, Ísland

The Far Side of Peaks Island Study 2

The Far Side
of Peaks Island Study 2

in Casco Bay, Portland, Maine, painted plein air July 10, 2022, 8" x 10" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$300

The Plein Air Scene on Peaks Island

The Far Side of Peaks Island Study 1

The Far Side
of Peaks Island Study 1

in Casco Bay, Portland, Maine, painted plein air July 10, 2022, 12" x 9" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Prismacolor waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed
$400

Color Takes Flight

Color Takes Flight

as seen from Icelandair's seat 9G over the North Atlantic Ocean painted June 29, 2022, 7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed
$150