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| Tug Hill Winery Wedding |
I recently delivered this painting to the bride and groom. It was a commission by the bride as a surprise wedding gift for her spouse. The wedding was held at the Tug Hill Winery near Lowville NY in August. I painted the landscape en plein air (on site) to entertain the guests and completed the painting in the studio, including adding the wedding couple from a photo I took.
They sent me the trailer of the wedding video with the comment of how much I was a part of the wedding.
I was surprised to see that I was the opening scene and a little later a close up of me and the painting in progress. When I delivered the painting the bride mentioned that the videographer returned to me and the painting many times as it progressed. I was treated to a great surf and turf meal delivered to my easel as well as wedding cake, and the guests brought me copious glasses of wine. It was a comfortable summer day. The view in the distance is the rolling hills of the Black River Valley fertile farmland and looks west with the Adirondack mountains in the distance.
Further posts to this blog will also include the activities of PLEIN AIR PAINTERS THOUSAND ISLANDS REGION (PAPTIR) which I formed in 2009 to promote outdoor painting in the 1000 Island Region of the St Lawrence River. "En Plein Air" is French for in the open air and some of the better known names of artists who popularized painting out of doors were Monet and Cezanne.
