Landscape & Plein Air - Patricia L Smith fine art

Landscapes: Studio Works & Plein Air

Studio Works

The practice of ‘en plein air’ painting informs my studio works greatly. Although the swift recording of a scene in the open air is hard work (the light changes quickly!), I’m extremely fortunate to have some hilarious and talented colleagues who also thrive on this challenge. Creating quick tonal or colour studies while on location retains the ‘feel’ or impression of the day and place. In the studio I will often loosely, quickly ‘play’ with a scene (alla prima – all in one sitting), referring to my plein air work and photographs. The larger composition is committed to paper, this line drawing is then transferred to the canvas or cradleboard. While it may seem that all the major decisions have been made by this point, surprises often happen during the actual painting process itself. Whether in oil or acrylic, a large landscape can take days or weeks to complete.

Shuswap River, Enderby Bridge I

oil on canvas 12x18x1.5″ $650

Winter’s River II 12×18

acrylic on canvas 12x18x1.5″ $650

Shuswap Haying I

oil on canvas 18x36x1.5 $1500

Dimming of the Day

acrylic on canvas 36x48x1.5″ $4500

blue sky with clouds, Fly Hills, Shuswap Wharf, wetlands Shuswap Lake, Salmon Arm, BC

Qemqem Tsilem ren Cp

24x24x1.5″ oil on canvas

landscape, painting, Shuswap, wetlands, foreshore, colourful, acyrlic

m Ida Guarding Wetlands 8×10 o deep can

Shuswap landscape, Mt Ida, barns, painting, oil

Mt Ida; Witnessing Humanity’s Evolution

oil on canvas 10x8x1.5″ $200

Winter’s River III

acrylic on canvas 12x18x1.5″

Winter Wharf

oil on canvas 18x24x1.5″

Winter’s River I

acrylic on canvas 12x18x1.5″

Winter’s Edge Wharf

acrylic on canvas 24x36x1.5″

West Coast

acrylic on canvas 18x24x.75″ $1000

plein air, oil painting, Shuswap, rural, farm, haying, mountains, landscape, BC Canada

Ts7ecwn E7elkst diptych 24×48

diptych acrylic on canvas 24x24x1.5″ $1600

Plein Air

The joy of painting near water on a sunny day transends to bliss with the addition of a dog and loved ones’ laughter. Speed is key, as the light rapidly changes. Happily, this requires a lot of practice.

Regrowth & Resurgence

oil on canvas panel 6×8″ $110

plein air, oil painting, landscape, water, lake, Salmon Arm, Shuswap, BC

On Christmas Island, Shuswap Lake

5×7″ oil on panel

shuswap plein air, painting, oil, lake, foreshore, water, BC

Rusty Fall on Water Christmas Island

oil on canvas panel 8×10″ $220

Bastion, Shuswap Lake, landscape, oil, plein air, BC

From Foreshore to Bastion Mt

oil on canvas panel 8×8″ $195

autumn, fall, oil, painting plein air, shuswap, lake

Fall Foreshore

oil on canvas panel 8×10″ $220

plein air, oil painting, landscape, lake, water, shuswap

Christmas Island’s Corner

oil on canvas panel 6×8″ framed 7×9″ $195

plein air, oil painting, Shuswap Lake, Bastion mountain, landscape, BC Canada

Bastion from Canoe Beach

oil on canvas panel 8×10″ $220

plein air, oil painting, landscape, lake, water, shuswap, BC

At the Foreshore

oil on canvas panel 6×8″ $150

plein air, oil painting, landscape, Salmon Arm, Shuswap, BC, Canada

Fields Beneath Mt Ida

oil on canson board 8×10″ $220

plein air, oil painting, landscape, Salmon Arm, Shuswap Lake, Shuswap, BC, rural, hay, barns, Canada

Shuswap Haying series Plein Air I

acrylic on canvas 6x8x1.5″

plein air, oil painting, landscape, water, Salmon Arm, Shuswap River, Shuswap, BC, Canada, Enderby.

Shuswap River Plein Air

oil on canvas panel 8×10″

plein air, oil painting, landscape, water, Salmon Arm, Shuswap Lake, Shuswap, BC

Shuswap Foreshore from Westend

6×8″ oil on canvas board $150

landscape, Enderby, shuswap river, barn, rural, BC

Tuie Beach

oil on canvas panel 8×8″ $190

plein air, oil painting, Shuswap, landscape, farm, rural salmon Arm BC Canada

View thru the Barn

oil on panel 8×6″ $150

Shuswap Barn

oil on canvas panel 6×8″ $150

plein air, oil painting, landscape, rural farm barn, silver Creek Salmon Arm, , Shuswap, BC Canada

Barn toward Silver Creek op 8×10

oil on canvas panel 8×10″ $220

plein air, oil painting, landscape, water, Salmon Arm, Shuswap Lake, foreshore, wharf, winter, Shuswap, BC, Canada

First Plein Air of Spring

oil on canvas panel 8×10″ $220

plein air, oil painting, Shuswap , mt Ida, mountain, landscape, Silver Creek BC Canada

Cows in a Silver Valley Field ocp 8×10

Oil on canvas panel 8×10″ $220

plein air, oil painting, landscape, water, Salmon Arm, Shuswap River, Shuswap, BC, Canada

Darker Day, Blue Sky 8×8 o cp 200

oil on canvas panel 8×8″ $195

plein air, oil painting, Shuswap, enderby, Grindrod, rural, farm, mountain, landscape, BC Canada

From Lily Pad Ranch

oil on canvas panel 8×10″ $220

plein air, oil painting, landscape, water, Salmon Arm, Shuswap Lake, Shuswap, BC, Canada

Foreshore Willow

oil on linen panel 7.5×7.5″ $190

plein air, oil painting, landscape, water, Salmon Arm, Shuswap River, Enderby Shuswap, BC, Canada

Shuswap River Enderby, High Water

oil on canvas panel 6×8″ $150

plein air, oil painting, shuswap Silver Creek, Mt Ida, landscape, farm, BC

Mt Ida, Back View

oil on cradleboard 8x10x.75″ $225

plein air, oil painting, landscape, mountains, shuswap, BC, Canada

Blue Hills

oil on canvas panel 6×8″ $150

winery, plein air, painting, landscape, Salmon Arm, Shuswap Lake, Shuswap, BC, Canada

Sunnybrae Winery – Cold!

acrylic on canvas panel 6×8″ $140

plein air, drawing Shuswap, north Shore, rural, park, mountains, Adams river, river, landscape, BC Canada

Tsutswecw Park with pals

acrylic on canvas panel 6×8″ $140

plein air, acrylic painting, landscape, water, Salmon Arm, Enderby River, Shuswap, BC Canada

South End, Shuswap River, Enderby

acrylic on canvas panel 5×7″ $140

plein air, drawing Shuswap, rural, park, mountains, Shuswap Lake, Salmon Arm, wharf, landscape, BC Canada

Wharf study acrylic on canvas panel 6×8 140

acrylic on canvas 6×8″ $240

Smokey Hidden Lake

oil on canvas panel 8×6″ $150

Foreshore Plein Air

Foreshore Plein Air 6×8″

plein air, oil painting, landscape, Salmon Arm, Silver Creek, Shuswap, BC

From Fly Hills I

oil on canvas panel 6×8″

plein air, tonal study, ocean landscape painting

Santa Barbara Tonal Study

oil on canvas panel 6×8″ $140

coastal landscape, ocean, plein air, oil painting, landscape, water

Beach near Santa Barbara

oil on panel 6×8″ $150

landscape, plein air, coastal, oil painting, ocean

Carpinteria Bluffs

oil on canvas panel 5×7″ $110

From Fly Hills II

oil on canvas panel 6×8″

coastal landscape, plein air, landscape painting oean BC

Coast Park

oil on panel 6×8″

Alla Prima

Alla Prima is a traditional technique of painting wet in wet, completing the composition quickly. Literally translated from Italian it means “all at once”. I differentiate this category from plein air as I am usually in studio, working from photos & sketches accumulated while I’m out & about. This is a great means of exploring compositional possibilities & warming up for a larger studio painting.

landscape, painting, water, blue hills, autumn, Shuswap, foreshore

Autumn’s Blue Hills; Salmon Arm Foreshore

acrylic on canvas 11x14x.5″ $400

Winter Bridge, Enderby

oil on panel 7×9″ unframed $190 framed 9×11″ $240

Shuswap Haying study

oil on panel 8×10″ $240

Shuswap Lake, Mt. Ida, mountain, landscape, BC Canada

Squared Ida alla prima

coloured pencil on paper 8×8″ $100