League holds oil-painting workshop
FAIRFIELD BAY — Landscape oil painter Bruce Peil presented a workshop to seven members of the North Central Arkansas Artist League on March 20 and 21 in Fairfield Bay.
The workshop featured demonstrations, critiques and individual help, emphasizing the importance of basic fundamentals of hue, intensity, value and temperatures to create realistic landscapes. Peil conveyed the importance of artists allowing their styles to evolve naturally, to make their own statements and to focus on goals.
Peil, who was born and raised in Oklahoma, now lives in Athens, Texas. He is a signature member of the Oil Painters of America, co-founder of the Outdoor Painters Society and a member of the Oklahoma Society of Impressionists. His paintings are widely collected, and he is primarily known for his landscape paintings. To see his art or to find out about future workshops, visit www. brucepeilart.com.
“No matter what the subject matter is, it’s that fleeting moment in time and the particular feeling of the light that I strive most to capture in my paintings,” Peil said. “I want the viewer to feel as though they are experiencing that moment in time. My goal is to capture the truth about the subject without overembellishment of color or too many unimportant details that can distract the eye from the main idea: the light.”
The North Central Arkansas Artist League meets Monday mornings in Fairfield Bay to paint together. Members exhibit their art throughout Fairfield Bay, Clinton and Greers Ferry; provide art programs and demonstrations open to the public; and offer several workshops a year to improve members’ skills. To join, contact league president Charlotte Rierson at (501) 8846100 or any league member.