TJ Cunningham shares his inspiration for painting “From Nortontown,” which was a winner in the bi-monthly PleinAir Salon (August/September 2018), in the Best Building category.
PleinAir Salon Spotlight: From Nortontown
“I grew up diagonally across the road from this dairy farm, and there is no doubt that I looked at it tens of thousands of times before I ever learned how to paint,” says Cunningham. “Fortunately, after becoming a professional artist, I was able to spend a few years living next door to my childhood home and again, this farm was just a short walk across a field. During those three years, I painted dozens of plein air sketches, and my painting, “From Nortontown,” (above) was based on those works.
“I have modeled my process after the artist Carl Rungius who, like many landscape painters, created small works en plein air and then used them as reference for large, fully realized paintings in the studio. I had the opportunity to paint with T. Allen Lawson back in 2009, when I was still a student. He told me then that I should always be careful to capture the colors that the camera cannot. I take that advice with me every time I paint outdoors.”
Additional Landscape Paintings by TJ Cunningham, winner in the bi-monthly PleinAir Salon:
Connect with TJ Cunningham at https://cunninghamfineart.com/.
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