As a prelude to the opening of her show ‘ Reflections’ at the Whitney Galleys in York Maine, Cecilia can be seen creating new and exciting works
Saturday July 19 & Sunday July 20
11:30 am to 5:00 pm
The Whitney Galleries
1810 Post Rd, Wells, 04090
En plein air is a French expression which means “in the open air” and particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors.
Artists have long painted outdoors, but in the mid-19th century working in natural light became particularly important to the Barbizon school and Impressionism.
French Impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste_Renoir advocated en plein air painting, and much of their work was done outdoors in the diffuse light provided by a large white umbrella.