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Outdoor Palette

Cameron Davis

Depictions of the natural world have existed since prehistoric time. Whether created to record the cyclical rhythm of the year, to express religious devotion, or to document scientific…

Bunny Harvey

“I am a passionate painter focused on representing both seen and unseen elements of the environment.” — Bunny Harvey Bunny Harvey knows her environment intimately; she knows…

Outdoor Palette: Ray Troll

“I spent a lot of time earlier in my life being very politically active, testifying, being on boards of non-profits, and ultimately being frustrated and feeling ineffective. I realized…

Outdoor Palette: Rick Shaefer

“Consider all this; and then turn to the green, gentle, and most docile earth; consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in…

Outdoor Palette: Kate Emlen

“Through imagery that shifts between disintegration and integration, I intend to communicate the nature of memory while summoning up the place I most love.” —KATE EMLEN Kate…

Outdoor Palette: Joseph Salerno

“…Art is born out of life, and life is a mystery, an ongoing transformation.” - Antonio Lopez Garcia Joseph Salerno records the passage of time with a palpable devotion.…

Outdoor Palette: Neil Riley

En plein air is the French term for painting outdoors; it translates as “in the open air.” This method of painting became popular in the late nineteenth century with the Dutch…

Outdoor Palette: Robert O’Brien

"Light is the most important person in the picture." Claude Monet, 1840-1926 founder of French Impressionism For the painter Claude Monet, the effects of light on a subject were as…

Outdoor Palette: Fritz Gross

“A mistake is beside the point, for once anything happens, it authentically is.” John Cage I asked Fritz Gross if he experienced angst as an artist; if he considered any of his…

Outdoor Palette: Nick Neddo

What do bear fur, deliquescent mushrooms, wasp nests, antlers, and stones have in common? Yes, these things can all be found in the forests of the Northeast. But more curiously, they’re…