Is it possible to achieve as a Professional Artist, while
not competing? "Airing The Laundry" for the good clean all of it, for a season.
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| Airing The Laundry - Plein Air Oil - K. Hitt |
What is different after 21K+ miles, 15K+ images, viewing
over 500 Master Original Works of Art in our countries Best Museums and
Exhibits Coast to Coast, Artist like Zorn, Sargent, Sorrolla, Fetchin, Rembrandt,
to literally only name a few, painting en plein air across all of these miles
in every type of condition… and the influences from the workshops and demos
attended by some of today’s leading representational artist of our time…. What
is different after these 21k+ miles? …a LOT!
To say it has all made a profound impact
on my painting going forward is an understatement. To say the 21K+ miles covered a lot…yes that
is literally true, and it is still doing so as I take the plein air field
studies into the studio, along with some of the people and characters that played
a roll along the way too, onto the canvas.
In many ways the work has just begun as prepare for what’s next: the
Exhibit: “At That Moment…”! And the other part of the work ahead is yes, to
share the ‘story’ of all experienced…
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| K.Hitt at N. Rim of the Grand Canyon on the GLF tour |
It all obviously is not going to fit into one blog post… and
as work today continues too, this is where I am beginning the incorporating of these
two in a manor to share with you as best that I can.
Combining the Pioneer Experiences of a single
women, 50ish years young
Not competing… by one of my students becoming a patron with
the idea to help take my single parent artist life pressure off, so that is
exactly what it did.
It helped me grow,
and paint, and build inventory… The “Grace Love Fellowship” Tour, all
culminating to a lot of “At That Moment(s)…” The Exhibit, which they are
graciously sponsoring.
Is the sharing of
this detail a sharing of too much? Can I be taken serious in the art world
today in the manor am pursuing?
It was funny,
when we visited the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum together to view the Zorn exhibit, I shared with them that they were my Isabella.
I do believe a picture paints a thousand
words, and that picture resounded with them.
Is it possible to achieve as a professional artist, while not competing?
Well – that is left to be decided… can only do so much.
Simply doing the best that I can all along the way. I took their gift as far as I knew how to do,
and am still doing so.
Working hard, and
so thankful for the opportunity to do so.
AND it’s good to know the work done and am still doing is reaching across
the country still. I am very honored
“Gabriel’s’ Farm” debuts at the
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| Gabriel's Farm- K. Hitt- Plein Air debuts at the Howard Mandville Gallery Small Works Exhibit |
HowardMandville Gallery in Kirkland Washington as a part of the 23rdannual Invitational Small Works Show. Preview begins Oct. 11th on line and in the gallery. This painting painted at the
Publisher Invitational hosted by
Eric Rhoads, as I brought it home with me to Venice, after several offers to purchase it on the road, kept it for the reference it was painted for in the studio, and yes to learn from. It now has traveled to Washington State and is available there. I look forward to seeing where it will journey to next. A fun poetic
justice for the first shipped; for I still remember fondly my going away party
they gave me when I moved to Florida from their gallery back in 1995.
I loved chocolate way back then too, and they
even had a basket made out of chocolate for me!
A series of
paintings from Washington will be a part of my exhibit, including a studio of this first painting from the GLF tour shipped out last to be a part
of the 23rd annual Small Works Show at the Howard Mandville Gallery in
Kirkland Washington. Along with this
Adirondacks Paint Camp painting debuting in Washington State, there are
two
more from the GLF tour debuting here in Venice at the Venice Art Centers
Fall Members Exhibit, also on Oct. 11; the reception is 5-7pm. One from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, and One from the Adirondacks Publishers Invitational.
As was given a once in a lifetime opportunity, I pondered how to 'put this to work' the best. Determined for myself that traveling to plein air exhibits and paint
out competitions would not afford me the time to paint for an exhibit which was also a main purpose behind the gift.
So the route that I took? As before mentioned
21k+.
Learn/Grow, build inventory, and
do so nationally…
little ole Miss Venice
-Hitt the road! Not to compete, to learn, grow and build paintings inventory.
The two big red dots on
the road map that propelled me onto this journey, Eric Rhoads sponsored through
Streamline Publishing:
Plein Air Convention in Monterrey CA and Publishers
Invitational in the Adirondacks.
I met
Eric in my slippers (main driving gear) at both, and will again at these same events next year.
I am already signed up again for both.
Exactly how I will journey to them, to be
determined, but will definitely be in my slippers again.
So, for now there is a lot of ground and
experiences to cover…
traveling solo cross country back and forth in five
months literally covering west, north, east and south, sea level to 12,000+ feet,
camping, B&B’s, bartering paintings too as hiked,
four wheel drove, and
simply set out to grow as an artist, build up an inventory, and to do so nationally, painting all the way.
Today will share Some of the literal changes, Pallet, Ponchade
box, to name two and while doing so share a couple of the paintings with you
too. Also my first workshop here back in
Florida is another perfect place to begin
“FUNdamentals of Drawing- Seeing Like
An Artist” mini session two day workshop
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| click on any image to enlarge |
10/29,30/2013 back at where all of this began- the
Venice Art Center for more on drawing examples, here is a
step by step drawing previous post.
I have to be honest, where to begin with the sharing has
been a bigger challenge than realized it would be. There are hundreds of tales to tell from the
Grace Love Fellowship Tour. Frankly, I was made aware by others that i pioneered my way further
than the Appalachian trail, across the continental divide, basically hitting every mountain chain
of this land, and… did it on my own with my trusty stead… that I fondly started
calling my 4 room Tahoe. Hadn’t camped
sense my children were in girl scouts and boy scouts, and um, well… now that my youngest
turned 22- momma took a road trip. He and 82 year old dad house sat... couldn't have done it without them,
so each in charge of the other, trusted them with the home front, and i started out, first due west. Finished up my last competition "Paint The Town" in Bradenton, turned my paintings in, and only had four days to get to Monterrey CA from Bradenton FL. Scroll down through previous post to see how that went. Yes- it was grand...
Beginning from Venice Florida, Then Bradenton Florida,
bee-lining to Monterrey CA to attend the Plein Air Convention, that in itself a
life changing in my life as an artist event, and that was just the beginning of
the big red dots on my USA road map.
(Plein Air Convention a Post of its own to come) 
From there, I bee-lined to the Skagit Valley of Washington State to be
in the tulip fields painting when they peaked. The timing turned out
perfect.
The fields were a favorite memory
from Washington when our family was transferred to Florida from there, this
time instead of having three children under the age of five in hand, I head out with
Rosemary & Co. Brushes in hand and my new
STRADA easel made by
Bryan Mark Taylor that picked up at the
Expo at the Plein Air Convention. I had been waiting for the expo, to decide what new supplies to acquire. Learned so much! After seeing Bryan's demo, paintings, and literally his genius in creating
and my trusty Stead... 4 room Tahoe. This just a smidgen, next post will share more of the specifics of my Rosemary & Co. Brushes, and my 'Palette Garage', two other tools that are my only way to go... when going en plein air. I will get into the specifics of my palette colors and why with color theory, More paintings... and places... as try to share with you in the today's the steps and pieces of the story all along the way of the Grace Love Fellowship tour. We have only just begun... with three paintings debuting this Friday Oct. 11th... from Venice Florida, to Kirkland Washington... still covering the cross country. First Workshop of the season starts at the foundation of every good work of art, DRAWING, and learning to see like an Artist. Thank you all for being a part of this Artists journey... An Original Hitt, Hitts the road en plein air to begin all culminating to the "At That Moment" Exhibit. Next stop... Pacific Coast??? check back in to see...
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| Big Sur Hike, down from the top... more on this story coming down the road... |
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| Publishers Invitational K Hitt |
From there, I bee-lined to the Skagit Valley of Washington State to be
in the tulip fields painting when they peaked. The timing turned out
perfect. The fields were a favorite memory
from Washington when our family was transferred to Florida from there, this
time instead of having three children under the age of five in hand, I head out with Rosemary & Co. Brushes in hand and my new
STRADA easel made by Bryan Mark Taylor that picked up at the Expo at the Plein Air Convention. I had been waiting for the expo, to decide what new supplies to acquire. Learned so much! After seeing Bryan's demo, paintings, and literally his genius in creating 
and my trusty Stead... 4 room Tahoe. This just a smidgen, next post will share more of the specifics of my Rosemary & Co. Brushes, and my 'Palette Garage', two other tools that are my only way to go... when going en plein air. I will get into the specifics of my palette colors and why with color theory, More paintings... and places... as try to share with you in the today's the steps and pieces of the story all along the way of the Grace Love Fellowship tour. We have only just begun... with three paintings debuting this Friday Oct. 11th... from Venice Florida, to Kirkland Washington... still covering the cross country. First Workshop of the season starts at the foundation of every good work of art, DRAWING, and learning to see like an Artist. Thank you all for being a part of this Artists journey... An Original Hitt, Hitts the road en plein air to begin all culminating to the "At That Moment" Exhibit. Next stop... Pacific Coast??? check back in to see...
