Plein air pastel painting
Jacob Aguiar, “Golden Marsh,” 2017, pastel, 9 x 12 in., Collection the artist, Plein air

In this series Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of PleinAir® Magazine, shares a favorite painting from a previous issue:

“My father’s rule was, if it was light out, we couldn’t be inside. That was partially because he worked nights and needed to sleep during the day. But we absolutely lived outdoors. I had two friends who had a pond on their property, and a brook running through. We explored, played hide and seek, built forts, had snowball fights, caught tadpoles, and looked for snakes — especially poisonous ones. A connection with nature was developed. It’s inherent within us; we lived outdoors for millennia. Evolution works on a slow timetable. Some of it for me is nostalgia for the really great, fun times I had outside as a kid. But it’s natural to be outdoors.”
— Jacob Aguiar (“Tied to the Outdoors,” December-January 2019, PleinAir Magazine)


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