{"id":5154,"date":"2023-08-24T10:36:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxuryhomemagazine.com\/thepalmbeaches\/blog\/?p=5154"},"modified":"2023-09-01T09:18:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T13:18:38","slug":"the-palm-beach-art-collection-features-open-impressionism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxuryhomemagazine.com\/thepalmbeaches\/blog\/2023\/08\/24\/the-palm-beach-art-collection-features-open-impressionism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Palm Beach Art Collection Features Open Impressionism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A blend of classical impressionism and modern expressionism, with a dash of plein air style, artist Erin Hanson uses the \u2018alla prima\u2019 technique, capturing the drama and movement of nature.<\/p>\n

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Hanging precariously and horizontally from red sandstone hundreds of feet above the ground may not seem like it would inspire the creation of beautiful oil paintings, but that is precisely what happened with Erin Hanson. The colorful cliffs of Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, inspired Erin to paint with thick, blocky strokes of paint, and she developed her own techniques of capturing the vibrant colors and bold lines of the desert, in a new style of painting that became known as Open Impressionism.<\/p>\n

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Open Impressionism uses color to create emotion, thick oil paint strokes to create movement, and separated brushwork to create a stained glass effect; a blend of classical impressionism and modern expressionism, with a dash of plein air style. Unlike traditional oil painters, Hanson does not build up the painting layer by layer; instead, she lays her paint strokes side by side without overlapping and works to get each stroke \u201cright the first time.\u201d These clean strokes give a mosaic effect to her paintings, while also conveying a sense of movement to her work. She uses a limited palette of only five pigments to create a vivid dance of un-muddied color upon the canvas, choosing colors that ignite the imagination and capture the emotional feeling of being out of doors.<\/p>\n

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My painting technique is done with expressive color and loose brush strokes, in a wet-on-wet technique known as \u201calla prima. \u201cAlla prima comes from Italian, literally meaning \u2018at first attempt\u2019 and is loosely applied to any painting that is done in a direct, expressive style.<\/p>\n

\u201cI extensively plan out my paintings before I start painting with a brush, working out compositions and color combinations that will most effectively capture the drama of the landscape. I work with a limited palette of 4-5 colors, which I mix into a wide variety of hues and values appropriate to the scene I am creating. When it comes time to paint, I try to get the painting \u2018right the first time,\u2019 using as few brush strokes as possible to capture the immediacy and emotional movement of a landscape. The French term for this application is \u201cpremier coup.\u201d You can see the texture of every brush stroke in my paintings, since I do not layer or thin my paint with turpentine. The result is an impasto oil painting with additional depth and movement from the thick texture of the paint.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy paintings all begin with outdoor hikes and explorations in nature. My goal when I paint is to recapture that feeling of being out of doors and surrounded by natural beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\nErin\u2019s collection is available at The Palm Beach Art Collection<\/a><\/p>\n

Click HERE<\/a> to explore the collection for sale<\/p>\n

The Palm Beach Art Collection provides collectors with unique – one of a kind – beautiful paintings at beautiful prices. The gallery showcases paintings by established and emerging national and international contemporary artists.<\/p>\n

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