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Steven R Hill New York Exhibit
January 3, 2010
Steven R Hill Opening at Amsterdam Whitney Fine Art Gallery\n \n \nFriday, January 8th, marks my inaugural exhibit in New York City at Amsterdam Whitney International Fine Art Gallery in the Chelsea District. Go to\n \n www.amsterdamwhitneygallery.com\n \nfor a preview of the work I will be...
Croatia Art Experience 2009/2010
November 7, 2009
The Croatia Art Experience ended with a flurry of activity from all involved. The last outdoor painting day was spent at the old walled city of Korcula, with everyone working hard to pick-off the last rays of sun, as storm clouds finally headed our way. But after nothing less than totally warm and...
Aix en Provence
October 4, 2009
September 23 2009\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nCezanne's atelier, which I visited today, had a similar although loftier view over the city of Mont Sainte Victoire, which he painted several times with mid-range color values and a muted palette.\n \n \nPerhaps the transient effects of light affects my...
Rural France
September 30, 2009
\n \n \n \n \nThe painting here was done en plein air near Jegun, France, in the Gers region of southwest France, looking up at a chateau from just in front of a field of sunflowers. The spent russet flowers were all pointing characteristically east, but the backsides of the heads (facing me)...
Basque Landscape
September 18, 2009
\n \n \n Painted from a hilltop overlooking Gernika with a distance church.\n \n \nPainting in the Basque countryside of Spain brings many visual opportunities, as the steep, rugged countryside allows the perception of peaceful, nearly poetic contemplation for those who would listen. I hear it...
First Place Award
August 8, 2009
\n \n \n Arcady Barn at Deer Harbor\n \n \nMy painting “Arcady Barn at Deer Harbor” was awarded First Place in the San Juan Preservation Trust and Plein Air Washington Artists annual juried paint-out, yesterday on Orcas Island.\n \n \nThe event was well attended with over 300 people, all of...
Art in the Heart
August 5, 2009
2 Day Art Festival and Sale\n \n \nArt on the Boulevard Gallery is celebrating its annual “Art in the Heart” weekend again this year, with many gallery artists demonstrating live painting techniques for the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Vancouver, Washington.\n \n \n \n \n \n Italy Lucca...
Taking it to New York
August 3, 2009
\n \n \n \n \nTwo of my works have received the honor of being selected for The 24th Annual Chelsea International Juried Fine Art Competition in New York City. This prestigious collective exhibit will be held at Agora Gallery, in the heart of the Chelsea District and is billed as New York's most...
Painting the Town (of La Conner)
July 30, 2009
This Saturday and Sunday, August 1 & 2, I will be in La Conner, Washington with the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters participating in a live “Paint-Out”. Several of our plein air landscape painting members will be all over the La Conner area working with pastels, oils, acrylics and...
Giclee Prints are now available online
June 15, 2009
Giclee prints are now available to order online from my printmaker, Bellevue Fine Art Reproduction. Prints of several of my latest works are on\n \n www.bellevuefineart.com\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nThe image here is titled "Croatian Island Port" and will soon be available for $85 (edition of...