Category:Plein Air

Fort Mose Historic State Park

On the beautiful grounds of Fort Mose State Park visitors can explore interpretive resources and two boardwalks that extend deep into the marsh. I have plein air painted from both sites, both equally stunning yet quite different. Many people miss the northern boardwalk opting for the more popular Freedom Trail Boardwalk. It leads to a view of the site where the fort would have been. More than 300 years ago, courageous Africans escaped enslavement in British colonies. They fled south

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PLEIN AIR ARTISTS CAPTURE THE BEAUTY OF ST. AUGUSTINE

St. Augustine, FL (Apr 28) – This weekend marks the home stretch of the citywide ST. AUGUSTINE PLEIN AIR PAINT OUT, hosted by the St. Augustine Art Association. For almost two weeks, more than 50 artists from the Southeast have been creating paintings that reflect the architectural beauty of St. Augustine. From dawn to midnight, passersby have found artists on location in and around the downtown area, off the beaten path in Lincolnville, in the Flagler Model Land Co. Neighborhood,

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Hurricane Matthew – We survived and all will be well.

We survived the wrath of Hurricane Matthew. We have some shingles missing, had branches down and a yard to clean up but we were extremely lucky and feel more than a little blessed after the Hurricane. Many others were not so fortunate. Our prayers and support are with them as they rebuild. Thank you to all those that emailed and texted to check on us and our home and studio. I am also thankful that gallery’s who represent my paintings,

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Artist Talk at the St Augustine Art Association

Have you always wanted to participate in an artist residency? Plan your own ‘art trip’ have uninterrupted time, work and be inspired by a new environment? Join me as I share my experience as Artist in Residence at the C-Scape Dune Shack on the Cape Cod National Seashore.  This was a rustic and basic living experience but I look forward to sharing my story and showing the extensive body of work I created in just one week. Date & Time

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CJK-Studio Seascapes 4 (Short Video 1 min)

Please watch this short video showing a selection of seascape paintings from my studio and done “en plein air”. Enjoy! Professional Gallery Representation Art on Centre503, Centre Street, Fenandina Beach, FL, 32034 Gardner Colby Gallery386 and 365 Broad Avenue South, Gallery Row, Naples, FL, 34102 Modern Villa Gallery224 N. Hemlock, Suite 6 “The Landing”, Cannon Beach, Oregon. 97110 USA Plum Gallery10 Aviles Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084 CJK-StudioSt Augustine, FL

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Artist Residency Blog (Part 4/4) – Awarded through the Provincetown Community Compact

An Artist Residency – Artist & Painter Claire J. Kendrick Have you always wanted to participate in an artist residency? Plan your own ‘art trip’ have uninterrupted time, work and be inspired by a new environment? Join me as I share my experience of an Artist Residency at the C-Scape Dune Shack on the Cape Cod National Seashore.  This was a rustic and basic living experience but use the advice to plan your art-inspired residence. Claire J Kendrick, “A residency

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Artist Residency (Part 3/4) – Awarded through the Provincetown Community Compact

Artist Residency (Video 3) C-scape Dune Dwellers This place has a mystical baroness. One has to live in, to experience it. I am honored to join a long list of talented artistic people whose creative journeys have brought them here. I feel I have graduated into a special tribe of Dune Dwellers by staying in one of the historic Dune Shack’s. The solitude struck me, and I worked prolifically to fill the void. My wish coming here was to have

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Artist Residency (Part 2/4) – Awarded through the Provincetown Community Compact

“For a small group of intrepid adventurers, summer means living in a minimalist shack on the dunes at the tip of Cape Cod. For years the diminutive abodes have attracted artist, writers and naturalists longing to escape the hubbub of the hectic world of their day-to-day lives.” – Josephine Breen Del Deo, The Watch at Peaked Hill Outer Cape Cod Dune Shack Life 1953- 2003. Artist Residency (Video 2)     Claire J. Kendrick was awarded through the Provincetown Community

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The East Coast Draw for Artist C. J. Kendrick – Retracing the steps of artists from the early 1900’s visiting two of the east coast’s artist colonies.

Cape Cod, Massachusetts is a popular summer retreat where locals and visitors marvel at the natural breathtaking scenery of the dunes and beaches. When on vacation on the Cape most enjoy luxurious accommodations; however, artist Claire Kendrick will be experiencing the preserved natural landscape in a much less lavish but connected way. Kendrick has been awarded through the Provincetown Community Compact, an opportunity artists around the world dream of, a residency in the Peaked Hill Bars National Register Historic District.

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America’s Parks Exhibition – Lightner Museum, St Augustine. FL

America’s Parks Exhibition Two of my paintings have been juried into the America’s Parks exhibition at the Lightner Museum from June 9 to Aug. 31, 2016. “America’s Parks is a national traveling exhibition that features works of parks in North America,” said Andy Witt, executive director of the St. Johns Cultural Council. “We are thrilled to provide artists with the opportunity to be part of this well-known exhibition to showcase the incredible parks and artists we have in our county.”

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