The Phoenix Art Museum is the site of the annual Cowboy Artists of America exhibit and sale. Bob and I joined Charlie and Barb Lang today in an outing to enjoy the exhibit. After a tasty lunch in the museum cafe we admired the beautiful western saddle exhibit as we meandered to the rooms holding the exhbit. Let me say.......the exhibit was truly inspiring. The majority of the works are very large and allow for close examination down to the most delicate brush strokes. The exhibit was predominantly oil paintings with acrylic, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, pen and ink as well as sculpture rounding out the works. Of course, one of my favorites is Harley Brown from the Tucson area. His pastels are truly amazing.
I spent a lot of time looking at how the artists used aerial perspective and lost and found edges. This is an area I struggle with in my own work. Looking at their work I found that so little can say so much. Details and tighter work were found in the focal areas of the paintings. I see...but now can I do!!! That is the question. We ended our visit in the gift shop where I purchased the exhibit book so that I could study the paintings further.
I will be out painting at Bulldog Canyon tomorrow morning. I am going to try to apply these insights to tomorrow's work. Wish me luck!
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