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About Kevin D. Macpherson
Kevin Macpherson's intent as a painter is to capture the light that infuses every scene. He is a magician of light and shadow, but more than that, he distills the essence from the landscape, creating a finished painting that is both universal and very personal.
A few pure paint colors, masterfully blended, turn into thousands of nuanced, impressionistic brush strokes. From a freely applied abstract foundation, a colorful representation emerges. Kevin paints fast, accurately, and intuitively, using methods that are grounded in years of academic training. His paintings are poetic, and his vocabulary is color.
Besides an accomplished painter, Kevin is a gifted writer and published author as well as a teacher and guest lecturer. He seeks high standards, both academically and emotionally. He is regarded as a master mentor, a reputation well earned by years of teaching international workshops and giving personal guidance to many aspiring artists. He has authored four books, Reflections on a Pond, Fill Your Oil Paintings With Light and Color, Landscape Painting-Inside and Out, and Conversations With Nature: Oil Painting in the Tradition of Plein Air. Kevin’s technique is demonstrated on videos and has been a producer of a nationwide 13-part series American Public Television with, “Passport and Palette”, Following the Master Artists on an Artistic Expedition of the World.
Kevin Macpherson guided the prestigious Plein Air Painters of America as their first president. He is a Master Artist of the California Art Club (CAC), a Master Artist of the American Impressionist Society (AIS), and a Master Artist at Oil Painters of America (OPA).
Galleries in New Mexico, South Carolina, China and California represent his work.
Kevin has started a nonprofit foundation for teaching art to underprivileged children called artambassador.org. Throughout his career he has devoted significant energy nurturing the next generation. Today finds him more energized, bringing art and joy to the aspiring hearts of underprivileged children especially in Central America and China with his foundation, “Art Ambassador for a Colorful World,” artambassador.org.
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Books By Kevin D. Macpherson
What do you want your landscape painting to say about this place, this moment? How do you use the visual vocabulary - line, shape, value, color, edges - to say it? With this book, your conversation with nature will direct your brush. With an exhilarating, synergistic combination of indoor and outdoor painting, Kevin Macpherson shows you how to create personal, poetic landscapes that capture the feeling of being there.
Learn how to:
• Use a limited palette in a way that is more liberating than limiting
• Experience nature to the fullest and capture its vibrancy back in the studio through photos, sketches and outdoor studies
• Cope with the fleeting qualities of atmosphere and light by establishing a value plan early and sticking with it
• Incorporate impressionistic touches of broken color to give your landscape a depth and vibrancy that enhances its realism
• Approach painting as a layering and corrective process that encourages non-formulaic solutions
Stimulating warm-up exercises in the studio prepare you for your adventures outside, while eight step-by-step demonstrations show you how to put these methods into action. Throughout, Macpherson's own light-filled landscapes illustrate the power of these techniques.
Full of fresh air and fresh art, Landscape Painting Inside and Out will guide and encourage beginners while challenging more accomplished artists to bring greater vitality and a more natural, less formulaic finish to their paintings.
Most importantly, this book will teach you how to see as an artist. You'll learn to create alluring landscapes bathed with light, engulfed in air, and presented from nature's own shapes, patterns, and colors. Inspiring oil painting demonstrations break down the complexity and reveal the magic of the creative process. The beautifully reproduced paintings within the pages of this book will inspire and motivate you to see a colorful world. You'll also learn to assess your work objectively and subjectively as you find your style and refine your artistic visual vocabulary to create a painting that evokes the senses.
Kevin Macpherson's intent as a painter is to capture the light that infuses every scene. He is a magician of light and shadow, but more than that, he distills the essence from the landscape, creating a finished painting that is both universal and very personal. A few pure paint colors, masterfully blended, turn into thousands of nuanced, impressionistic brush strokes. From a freely applied abstract foundation, a colorful representation emerges. Kevin paints fast, accurately, and intuitively, using methods that are grounded in years of academic training. Besides an accomplished painter, Kevin is a gifted writer and published author of 5 highly successful books as well as a teacher and guest lecturer. He seeks high standards, both academically and emotionally. He is regarded as a master mentor, a reputation well earned by years of teaching international workshops and giving personal guidance to many aspiring artists. His paintings are poetic, and his vocabulary is color.
Most importantly, this book will teach you how to see as an artist. You'll learn to create alluring landscapes bathed with light, engulfed in air, and presented from nature's own shapes, patterns, and colors. Inspiring oil painting demonstrations break down the complexity and reveal the magic of the creative process. The beautifully reproduced paintings within the pages of this book will inspire and motivate you to see a colorful world. You'll also learn to assess your work objectively and subjectively as you find your style and refine your artistic visual vocabulary to create a painting that evokes the senses.
Kevin Macpherson's intent as a painter is to capture the light that infuses every scene. He is a magician of light and shadow, but more than that, he distills the essence from the landscape, creating a finished painting that is both universal and very personal. A few pure paint colors, masterfully blended, turn into thousands of nuanced, impressionistic brush strokes. From a freely applied abstract foundation, a colorful representation emerges. Kevin paints fast, accurately, and intuitively, using methods that are grounded in years of academic training. Besides an accomplished painter, Kevin is a gifted writer and published author of 5 highly successful books as well as a teacher and guest lecturer. He seeks high standards, both academically and emotionally. He is regarded as a master mentor, a reputation well earned by years of teaching international workshops and giving personal guidance to many aspiring artists. His paintings are poetic, and his vocabulary is color.