LEARN MORE. A preview meetup and planning session takes place on March 2, 2025 @ 5:30 PM, Eastern Standard Time. LINK
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Growing interest in landscape and the environment, together with the popularity of plein-air painting, nature journaling, and urban sketching now inspires people of all ages to discover their creative potential in the presence of nature.
The Forever Wild Adirondack Park encompasses six million acres of outstanding natural beauty. Its high peaks, rivers, and lakes attract hikers, campers, paddlers, anglers, and winter athletes. Its scenic vistas inspired artists such as Thomas Cole, Winslow Homer, Sanford Robinson Gifford, and Rockwell Kent—but they were not here first.
These fine art practitioners followed trails blazed by military topographers, explorers, surveyors, and naturalists. Among the earliest views of North American scenery was produced by British military officers during the French and Indian War. Reviving their time-honored methods of topographical painting “on the spot” reveals the forgotten precursors of painting in oils sur le motif, and seamlessly dovetails with today’s plein-air experiences.
Workspace and lodgings have been identified to accommodate these learning experiences. Apart from James McElhinney’s Sketchbook Explorer master classes, we hope to attract other artists and mentors to lead additional workshops in subjects ranging from botanical art and nature journaling, to landscape drawing, nature writing, mindfulness, and meditation. Programs are also being developed with other venues in the region.
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The first information session will be at 5:30 pm Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday March 5, 2025
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