Emily Gibbons Exhibit "Plein Air, Cortland and Beyond 2007 - 2021" at the McNeil Building
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McNeil Building Gallery
17-29 Main Street
First Floor Hallway
Cortland, NY 13045-6606
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Cortland Arts Connect invites the community to enjoy a new exhibit by local artist Emily Gibbons titled “Plein Air, Cortland and Beyond 2007 – 2021” in the first floor Art Gallery of the McNeil Building, 19 Main Street, Cortland, through November. The McNeil Gallery is open to the public during regular business hours.
Emily is a watercolor artist, painting and raising her toddler in Cortland, NY. Emily moved to Cortland after earning a degree in Art Studio from SUNY Geneseo and maintains a studio in the Cortland Corset Building.
Emily’s artists statement for the show is:
“Rain and oil paint don’t mix well, I discovered as I created my first works in plein air, set up around Dingle Ireland in 2007. After moving to Cortland in 2010, I picked up watercolor - a medium I had abandoned in college. I spent the next few years painting plein air watercolors around Cortland County. In 2014, David Beale and I started leading plein air workshops around the country and internationally, with a favorite regular trip to Ireland. In 2020 I started a project called Plein Air Cortland, creating plein air works in different parts of the county.
This show is a collection of 14 years painting plein air (painting outdoors). There are works from Cortland, Finger Lakes, Sedona Arizona, Ireland (Dingle, Cork, Galway) and Barcelona Spain. The pieces are painted in watercolor, oil and casein.
Plein Air Cortland is a continuing project. I am still looking for suggestions on places to paint!
Shoot me a message and visit my blog at pleinaircortland.com
This exhibit is dedicated to two fine painters and teachers, George Dugan and David Beale.”
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Emily Gibbons Exhibit "Plein Air, Cortland and Beyond 2007 - 2021" at the McNeil Building
17-29 Main StreetFirst Floor Hallway
Cortland, NY 13045-6606
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