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Joe Paquet Landscape Painting Workshop

This is a photograph of Joe Paquet's Oil Painting "AM Basilica"that was painted from Loring Park. I have studied with Joe for years and have never had a better teacher. Joe practices Plein Air painting which is painting outside, drawing from life itself. The concept was developed by the French impressionists and allows the artist to really learn to see his subject. Nature has patterns that you can only see with patient observation. Joe is teaching a workshop next week and I thought I'd let you all in on it. Learning to paint is an amazing experience, it's not so much about the painting as it is about seeing. My photography is highly influenced by Joe and I enjoy just seeing clearly what is happening as light dances across a landscape. Also, I built Joe's Website and photograph all his paintings. Oil Paintings are very tricky to shoot, they have an astounding ability to glare and the color has to be spot on, or the whole experience can change. Pop over and take a look, his compositions are fun to study, check out the industrial landscapes, the are especially instructive for us city photographers.