Welcome to my crazy Plein Air Adventures blog.
Beauty is where you find it. And sometimes it’s found by climbing over a few fences to get to an unusual subject.
That’s part of what makes outdoor painting (Plein Air) so interesting to me. There are always interesting things to be discovered and painted.
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If you have been wondering where I have been, in May, I was participating in the Paint Historic Waxahachie Event when my hubby told me that his hip was getting really bad ( he needed a hip replacement) and he did not know how long he could last.
That made me pull out of the event so I could go and get my cataracts surgery done ASAP.
As an artist, I was hoping to hold off surgery until the end of May. I so wanted to get back into plein air again, but the universe once again had other ideas.
You see, back in 2020, I had become Paralyze and was in a wheelchair until early 2022.
But I did not let that stop me. With the help of my sweet hubby, he took me out to paint wherever I wanted to go.
It must have been a real struggle for him to load up all my gear, the wheelchair, get me in the car, out of the car, and set up my gear so that I could get some painting done all the while his hip was bothering.
In med 2022, I was told that my cataracts were getting bad, and I would need surgery. But another doctor told me that I could hold off from surgery for other two or three years. He was WORNG…
So jump to this year. I had been working as a co-chair to the Paint Historic Waxahachie Event, and one of my jobs was to check out ALL OF Ellis County here in North Texas. Again, hubby drove me around, and I was so looking forward to this year paint out.
I also during this time in April. I joined the Urban Sketches group of Fort Worth/Dallas
I had no clue what to bring, what you are supposed to draw or paint. But I have to say the group welcomed me with open arms and shared with me what I need to know. Hubby sat in the care watching TV on his phone, but little did I know how much pain he was in.
Now, let’s jump to May. As we started the Paint Historic Waxahachie Event, I was only able to get five paintings done before I pulled out.
If you would like to read about any or all the painting, just scroll down on the blog.
I am planning on getting back involved with OPS and hitting the road to Plein Air again, but I am looking at the fall for this due to hubby’s Full Hip Replacement. So, I will be posting once to twice a month to let y’all know how things are going.
But I do have another blog that you can follow also https://whatsonjdeasel.wordpress.com/
Until next time, my friends keep creating, and God bless y’all.
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Q & A
Who is this gal name, J.D. ?
🎨 My name is J.D. Fields and I love to draw and paint nature.
🎨 I’m a two-time transplanted to Texas, which I now call home.
🎨 I married my best friend and soul mate in 1998.
🎨 My husband has three children, two boys and a girl, and I have one girl and two boys. When we got married, we put them altogether and called us all family
🎨 I am an acrylic artist, but I love to play with watercolor, watercolor pencils, color pencils and pens.
🎨 Do you or have you ever painted in Oils?
🎨 Yes, I use to paint in oil in the beginning (1977 – 1984) but I became allergic to the oils and cleaning products and had to stop.
🎨 When did I start learning to draw? I can remember being two and half years old, laying on my grandma kitchen floor, trying to draw the animal on her land.
🎨 Growing up, I have been able to explore many different mediums – Fabric Art, Crocheting, Oil Paint, Pen & Ink Painting and Color Pencils, Charcoal and Graphite Pencil. Along with acrylic painting.
🎨 Do you sell your work?
🎨 Yes, I sell my originals, painting, drawing, and greeting cards online and in galleries.
🎨 Do you create portraits?
🎨 Not really. I am a landscape artist.
🎨 Do you sell painting with frames.
🎨 Only if they are a custom frame made for the painting.
🎨 How can I purchase a painting that I ready like but has been already sold?
🎨 You can email me at j.d.fieldsartist@gmail.com and place in the subject line ” the name of the painting.” I will be happy to recreate a similar one but it will not be a copy. All My paintings are original.
🎨 Do you teach classes?
🎨 Yes, I teach acrylic for Beginner’s to adults. I also teach drawing and acrylics for teens.
🎨 Back in the early 2000, I had wanted to try my hand in Plein air. In July 2013, I took the plug and never looked back.
🎨 Whether I’m in my studio or outdoors, I am still learning to draw upon those early influences in a way that I look at life, the subject I chooses and the matter in which I paints.
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