Plein air oil painting by Deborah Chapin, After the Storm

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After the Storm, is a 21×34, plein air oil painting by Deborah Chapin, painted on the Brittany Coast.

SOLD After the Storm, is a 21×34, plein air oil painting by Deborah Chapin, painted on the Brittany Coast.   The tide went out miles in this harbor leaving mud flat, hills and rivers the kids used to enjoy the shallow end of the pools while the tide was out just as they have been for ages when artists of the last century traveled through this region.  This plein air oil painting exhibited at Mystic Gallery, Mystic Seaport Museum.  Contact Us About This Piece please include the title in your subject line.

Plein air oil painting After the Storm, 21×34 by Deborah Chapin

About the Brittany Beach Paintings:

I painted 7 years in France from 1991-1998 5 of those included projects painted in Brittany France.  I had continuous showings of these works each year as well as work from other locations in France during this period.  I loved the Brittany coast and in particular the rugged surf and coastal pieces but also the tranquil nature of peace and rest associated with the beach.  In painting over 150 original oil paintings which included abstract marines, coastals,  harbor scenes, sandy beach paintings I also painted a significant number of scenes with people, houses and local life.

Deborah Chapin’s Marine paintings have a long exhibition history starting with American Society Marine Artists in 1980 at the now defunct Grand Central Galleries in NYC.   As an Independent artist since embarking on her career she has exhibited extensively in top shows and Museums including: Grand Palais and Carrousel de Louvre in Paris with the Societe National des Beaux Arts,Mystic Seaport Gallery International since it’s inception in 1982, Of Ships and Sea Exhibits,  Artist of America Exhibitions, Ketterer Kunst Auctions, Lectured on plein air painting at the Smithsonian American Art Museum just to name a few.    See more information    https://gallery.deborahchapin.com/exhibition-history-of-35-years-in-paint-by-deborah-chapin/    She now resides in Maine and is working on commission paintings for select collectors in her private studio/gallery.  

For more information see:

Exhibition History ~ Deborah Chapin

About the Artist

Original art are all on linen canvas and one of a kind paintings by the artist.

Deborah is a long time professional artist who has lectured at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on color and plein air painting and has exhibited her works in museums worldwide.  For more information about the artist see her online portfolio of fine art and her cv/biography

About the Artist: My Online Studio is an extension of my studio. When you enter you are entering my studio but without the housekeeping. I offer fine art in original oil paintings on linen and also canvas prints of favorite original pieces. Most of my originals in the past 20 years have been painted en plein air ( on location) I have lectured and made film presentation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, exhibited at the Carrousel du Louvre, and museums through out the world see by exhibition history at Exhibition History
The next 30 years I expect to be doing a combination of unusual water portrait work and collector’s favorite, my beach scenes with people. If you have questions feel free to ask.
For more information see

https://gallery.deborahchapin.com/exhibition-history-of-35-years-in-paint-by-deborah-chapin/

Blue Dot Reserve

I invented the blue dot reserve for collectors who saw a painting at the show preview that they wanted to purchase, so that they could bring a spouse or friend to see the piece before purchasing.  The piece would hold for the first 15 mins into the show opening.   Blue dots were applied on a first come first serve basis.  Once the show started if someone else wanted to buy the piece the blue dot collector had the right to purchase the piece or the blue dot was removed and the next purchaser was free to purchase.  This eliminated a lot of acrimony when collectors are vying for the first dibs on paintings.

My first experience with this phenomenon was at the Greenwich Workshop Galleries shows during a “Of Ships and the Sea” exhibit when Graham Stiles was the director.   He had a number of collectors come in for an early preview for work and those collectors would be able to buy paintings during the preview.   While that’s great for the artist in the gallery it isn’t particularly fair to novice collectors who would be furious when at the opening they saw red dots.  So the blue dot eliminates this problem and everybody relaxes a little.   All is more fair and open and anyone can put their blue dot on a piece to hold it while they bring their spouse, aunt and uncle and whomever and that way they know they’re sure of their purchase.   A collector does have to buy it within the first 15 minutes of the show with a preview blue dot and collectors would come by and say is that painting being bought and if I call out and say who’s blue dot is this and they’re not there they lose out but they’ve been given a fair shot and most the time it works out really well for everybody.   Everyone gets what they need and they want and then the next round those collectors that didn’t come to the preview and put a blue dot on a piece are aware that they can do it and so then they do.

 

during my shows at the Audubon could also use a blue dot to hold a piece while purchasing.  it eliminated a lot of confusion and sell out shows made the artist happy.

Collector’s Introduction

This piece is a special introduction piece for a new series. I give special consideration to collectors who lead the way on buying a new series