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Artist Exhibitions:
Upcoming and Ongoing:
Valley Art Gallery,
Bothelo Dr. Walnut Creek, CA,
W-S, 12-5
Benicia Plein Air
Gallery, First Street, Benicia
CA, Th-Su, 11-5
Ledgewood Creek Winery,
Abernathy Rd.,Suisun Valley,
CA, May
and June, 2011
Blackhawk Gallery,
Blackhawk Plaza, Danville, CA
Jan/Feb 2011
Art of...
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Artist Galleries:
Valley Art Center, Botelho
Dr., Walnut Creek, Ca
Benicia Plein Air Gallery,
First Street, Benicia, CA
Blackhawk Gallery, Blackhawk
Plaza, Danville, CA...
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Artist Statement for Flora Baumann
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I entered the art world late but not without passion, dedication and persistence. I love outdoor painting and am out at least once a week. Plein air oil painting was not my first venture into art.
In the 1980’s I began watercolor with Marianne Brown. I joined California Watercolor Association in 1989, eventually attaining signature membership in 1996. In time I became interested in more abstract acrylic works and collage, loosely based on landscape. In 2003 I began studying plein-air oil painting with Pam Glover. I found I loved this medium and painting outside. I try to paint scenes which might disappear through development or decrepitude to preserve the essence of what existed or scenes which inspire me through light, mood, or sheer beauty.
Pam Glover, Jerrold Turner, Nikki Basch-Davis( part of the "Outsiders", as well as Robert Chapla, Terry St. John, and the Society of Six group have had great influence on my painting. I have taken other oil painting classes and workshops with Tom Hughes, Randall Stauss, Greg Kondos, Van Waldron, and Kathleen Dunphy.
In regard to studio paintings I do, I have been stunned and captivated by the stark, beautiful landscapes of two painters: Gerhard Richter and April Gornik in their paintings informed by the Northern Romantic Tradition as outlined by Robert Rosenblum. There are so many works by artists whom I admire from my many visits to the Art Institute in Chicago growing up. And I still consult the Masters to understand ways to solve problems with my paintings. These artists enrich and expand my artistic horizons.
I belong to:
Alamo-Danville Artists' Society/Blackhawk Gallery
Arts Benicia
Benicia Plein Air Group
Benicia Plein Air Gallery
California Art Club
Valley Art Gallery
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