Brian Blood California Impressionist Ocean Coastal Colors Oil Painting Framed

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Brian Blood California Impressionist Ocean Coastal Colors Oil Painting Framed

About the Item

This painting is of the California coast of Monterey. Its called Coastal Colors and was painted in 2013. Brian Blood California Impressionist Brian Blood, a resident of Pebble Beach, California, is widely recognized as one of California’s most important plein air impressionist artists. Married to award winning artist, Laurie Kersey, they live their childhood dreams. He began his professional life as a graphic artist and art director in Boston, Massachusetts. Although Blood's career was successful, he was frustrated personally and realized he wanted to be a fine-art painter. A leap across the continent to California took him to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco for both undergraduate and graduate studies. Blood and Kersey were both later instructors at the Academy of Art University for 12 years. From the 1990s, Brian Blood has been painting full time as well as conducting landscape painting classes at his alma mater. He also conducts ongoing workshops in his studio, and surrounding areas of Pebble Beach, California. Primarily a plein-air painter, Blood creates hundreds of studies directly from nature, observing the ever changing light of day. He then takes his studies and supporting reference photos back to one of his two studios, either in San Francisco or Pacific Grove, to paint. He uses these studies as the basis for his larger scale works. Blood has had his work featured in articles in Southwest Art Magazine (May 2002, and March 2005); Art of The West Magazine (March/April 2004); American Artist Magazine (January 2004); Plein Air Magazine (December 2005); and The Central Coast Journal (October 2005); to name a few. Recent Awards 2012 American Art Collector Award of Excellence- 101st California Art Clubs Gold Medal Exhibition 2012 Plein Air Magazine Award of Excellence, Carmel Art Festival 2010,11 Best Local Artis, Carmel Art Festival 2009 Best of Show Award, Fine Art Studio Online Art Competition, October 2009 Carmel Art Festival Best of Show 2008 Carmel Art Festival People's Choice Artist's Choice Award 2007 California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition, Southwest Art Magazine Award of Excellence; 2007 Maui Plein Air Invitational, Irvine Museum Award of Excellence 2006 Quest for The West Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, Founder’s Award 2006 Plein Air Affair, 2006 Museum of Art History, Santa Cruz, California, Best of Show and People's Choice Award winner 2005 Northern Views exhibit, Napa Valley Museum, People's Choice Award 2004 San Luis Obispo Plein Air Festival, Best of Show Award 2004 Carmel Art Festival, "People's Choice, and Artist's Choice Awards Societies - Signature Member, California Art Club - Signature Member, Oil Painters of America - Signature Member, Northern California Painters Group - Signature Member, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters Association - Member, The Conservancy Painters Group.

Creator:
Brian Blood (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 11.75 in (29.85 cm)Width: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)Depth: 1.75 in (4.45 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Canvas,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
21st Century
Date of Manufacture:
2013
Condition:
Framed art is 13.5 x 11.75 Art is 9.5 x 7.5.
Seller Location:
Monterey, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU329319757181