Plein Rein Painters - Juneau, Alaska: October 2018

Cristine Crooks

#119 Sunrise, Juneau Harbor, pastel on paper, 16 x 20

Steve Winker

#120 Mid-Morning Light, oil on canvas, 16 x 20

#121 Silent Pool beneath Highway Road, oil on canvas, 16 x 20

#122 An Improved Southeast Coastline, oil on canvas, 16 x 20

#123 A Bend in the Trail Enroute to a Bend in the River, oil on canvas, 16 x 20

#124 An Improved Southeast Coastline II, oil on canvas, 16 x 20

Arnie Weimer

#125 Mount Juneau Repose, Casein on Canvas, 20 x 30

Painted mostly on site en plein air and completed through the lens of memory for details

like the birds, sailboat and Indian celery in the foreground

Patti Harper

#126 Sailing to Sunrise, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20

This is an homage to Sydney Laurence’s “Early Morning Juneau,” using my sailboat as the boat in the picture. Thanks to Steve Parker for the photo of my boat, taken from his boat during our participation in the sailing club’s Admiralty Rally this summer, that I used as the model for the painting.

I have taken liberties with the reality of Juneau light and shadow (and other things) in order to make the painting work to my vision, but it has been a fun summer constantly returning to the place we thought Laurence may have painted from to view the light at different times of morning and in different conditions. The first start of a study for this was done in the field with the Plein Rein Painters May 19.

Timi Johnson

#127 Lifter, oil on canvas, 16 x 20

Fresh summer morning painted from Douglas Island.

I love the wispy clouds that lift on these glorious days.

Jim Heumann

#128 Juneau Day, oil on canvas, 20 x 24

Waiting for the sky to lift on Gastineau Channel

Patrick Ripp

#129 Early Morning Cruise Ship Season; Juneau, Alaska,

acrylic and extra heavy molding paste on canvas, 15 x 30 (18.5 x 33.5 framed)

Style: Pointilism

Crystal Cudworth

#130 adaa.at Kalé and Wooshkeenax Deiyí

Beautifully Adorned Face and Trails above Each Other,

oil on canvas, 15.5 x 30 (16.75 x 31.25 framed)

I painted from life down on the flatlands in Douglas from May- September. One layer was effaced due to the rain. It was painted in small increments until after an informal critique with the plein rein painters, which quickened the speed of finishing the piece greatly. Colors, brush strokes, and light are based on observation; however, the work evolved into being more about the act of painting than what is depicted.

Pua Mauni

I painted Early Morning Juneau from the shore at Douglas, near the edge water condos; the Silent Pool was standing at the sidewalk looking towards Auke Lake; Bend in the River was off the airport dike trail and Gastineau Channel was from 3.5 mile across from the Juneau Empire.