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 Provincetown 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 Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and James Bakker, author and art expert.

Peggy Sovek, Charle’s 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 Provincetown boat harbor.

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 Sante 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.

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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