Erin Hanson: Alchemist of Color - Artist Reception October 5th

Channel Islands Maritime Museum No images? [Click here]( [Erin Hanson - Landscapes in Oil]( [ORIGINALS]( | [PRINTS]( | [B]([OOKS]( Erin Hanson: Alchemist of Color @ Channel Islands Maritime Museum Oct 5th - Dec 28th You are invited to join Erin Hanson at the opening reception of her newest museum collection, Erin Hanson: Alchemist of Color. This collection is inspired by the beautiful and varied colors of the Pacific Coast. Using only five colors, Erin creates a kaleidoscope of light in her paintings. The collection of sixteen original oil paintings will be on display at the Channel Islands Maritime Museum until the end of the year. Opening R E C E P T I O N Thursday, October 12th 4 pm - 6 pm Exhibition D A T E S October 5th - December 28th, 2023 L O C A T I O N The Museum is located at the Channel Islands Harbor at 3900 Bluefin Circle, Oxnard 93035 Admission: Adults $10.00 Seniors and Active Military $5.00 College Students (with ID) $5.00 Youth/Children under 18 Free Watch the video above to hear Erin talk about color. [exibition D E T A I L S]( [view the C O L L E C T I O N]( C O L O R alchemy In Erin Hanson's paintings, nature is an entity bursting with energy and color. These kaleidoscopic scenes contain perfect harmonies, splendid contrasts, delicate gradations, wild depth, and power. It may be surprising to know that Hanson's brilliant landscapes are often achieved using just a few primary colors: red, blue, and yellow. From only a few pure pigments, Hanson mixes all of her colors before beginning a piece, creating a limited palette with a full range of vibrant hues. Each brushstroke is placed intentionally. Hanson lays colors side by side without overlapping. The result is crystalline and defined, every inch radically charged with light, as clean and vivid as the famous stained glass windows of the Chartres Cathedral. The style of painting, characterized by a mosaic of textured brushstrokes and striking color, Hanson calls “Open Impressionism.” As the originator of "Open Impressionism," Hanson's techniques are now taught in art schools and colleges worldwide. This style blends classic impressionism and modern expressionism with a pinch of Plein-air methodology. Instead of reflecting the landscapes through stark realism, Hanson seeks a new scene defined by the movement of prismatic color planes, relaying the pure emotion of the atmosphere. The primary purpose of "Open-Impressionism" is to capture the true feeling of being outdoors. Hanson's particular approach to painting allows the viewer to participate in the finished artwork. She asks her audience to fill in the blanks, she pushes us to explore the colors of nature in all its variety: harmonies, contrasts, peaks, and depths. These pieces reveal our richness of vision. a LIMITED PALETTE for UNLIMITED C O L O R Article by Erin Hanson It seems counter-intuitive, but to create more colors in your painting, you need fewer colors on your palette. Here's why: not all paint pigments blend together to make the colors you want. Have you ever tried to teach your child that red and blue make purple, only to find that when you blend their “toddler-level” red and blue paints together, you get a mushy brown? “No, no, I swear,” you say, and you attempt to demonstrate that yellow and blue make green, only to form a murky gray. What happened to the bright apple green you thought you would make? When you fill your palette with tube after tube of eye-catching colors, like Ash Blue, Pink Coral, Bamboo Green, Indian Orange, and Provence Blue (yes, these are actual paint color names), your palette will look very pretty until you try to blend those colors together. You will immediately experience what every beginning artist complains about: muddy paint colors. The way to avoid muddy colors and keep your colors fresh is to choose a limited palette of pure colors on the outside of the color wheel. A good artist’s color wheel (like the Quiller Wheel) lists out the pure color hues, which are located on the outside edge of the circle, such as cadmium red, permanent green light, and ultramarine blue. Located inside the circle are all the colors that you can make if you blend these outer pigments together. I call these interior hues “intermediate colors,” and these comprise the bulk of what most artists paint with: raw sienna, sap green, burnt umber, yellow ochre, Prussian blue, and Payne’s gray, to name a few. You have a choice as an artist: you can either blend these intermediate colors together yourself, or you can buy these colors off the shelf. Using pure colors on the outside of the color wheel, I create my own sap green, yellow ochre, and Paynes gray. I can mix Payne's gray, for example, from permanent rose and phthalo green (pure pigments.) With my own, customizable Payne's gray, I can adjust the color tone by adding a little more permanent rose or a little more phthalo green. I can warm it up by adding a little yellow, or cool it down by adding a little blue, without creating any mud. With a limited palette, I not only have access to bright oranges, blues, and yellows, but I can create any intermediate color I want (as long as it falls within the shape created by my limited palette choice.) All my colors are harmonious, and they can be blended together in any combination to create a myriad of neutrals, shadow colors, and temperature variations. This is how I create unlimited color with a limited palette. The possible blendings are endless, and I never run into a Wall of Mud preventing me from creating the colors I want. [about the CHANNEL ISLANDS MARITIME MUSEUM]( Channel Islands Maritime Museum ART that SAILS At the Channel Islands Maritime Museum, you will feel transformed as you step into a new world. Our permanent collection will completely revamp your knowledge of the maritime world in ways you never thought possible. Since its launch in 1991, the Museum has been dedicated to enriching the lives of all who visit. The Museum has an extensive and world-class maritime art collection, featuring 17th-century Dutch and Flemish masters such as Willem van de Velde and Bonaventura Peeters, 18th-century British artists Edward Cooke and Robert Salmon, as well as noted contemporary artists John Stobart, David Thimgan, and Thomas Hoyne. Our ship models trace more than 3000 years of maritime history, from ancient Egyptian reed boats and tools used by the Chumash people to the modern-day car carriers of Port Hueneme. The Museum houses the second-largest collection of antique Prisoner of War sailing ship models on display in the United States in addition to the entire life's work of Edward F. Marple, one of America's foremost ship model builders. Other exhibits include whaling, sailor's arts, navigational instruments, and the history of the Channel Island Harbor. Special topical and featured guest artist exhibitions are presented on an ongoing basis. 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