Plein Air Alaska: Sitka & Surrounds by Pam Holnback

I created another plein air video. This one is of our trip last May to Sitka, Alaska. I posted these paintings and some of the photos from our trip in my blog in June, so some of this may be familiar. Enjoy!

I just watched this, and when viewed on my blog, about 1/2 an inch is missing on the right side, ie: the whole front page doesn't show (some of the title is missing), some of the paintings are centered and there should be black on both sides and there isn't. I changed it in the embed section to fit, or so I thought, and it's still a bit off center. I guess if you want to see the whole page you can search for me on YouTube and watch it again there! Anyway, thanks for watching!

Impressionistic Plein Air Landscape - Quiet Evening by Pam Holnback

Quiet Evening - Plein Air Alaska #14/14

6" x 8" oil on canvas on board

$100.00 + $10. s/h

This is the last plein air piece from our trip.  Thanks for sharing the adventure with me! 

Impressionistic Plein Air Landscape - Darker Greens and Grays by Pam Holnback

Darker Grays and Greens - Alaskan Plein Air # 13/14
8" x 10" oil on canvas on board
$100.00 + $10. s/h

Often the gray and green values in Alaska were a bit dark.  This makes for great contrast with light sky or water.

Impressionistic Plein Air Landscape - More Greens and Grays by Pam Holnback

More Grays and Greens - Alaskan Plein Air # 11/14
5" x 7" Oil on canvas on board
$75.00 + $10. s/h

Gray and green values were abundant in Alaska.  Everyday had different scenes with different values and colors. 

Impressionistic Plein Air Landscape - Greens and Grays by Pam Holnback

Greens and Grays - Alaskan Plein Air #10/14

6" x 8" oil on canvas on board

$100.00 + $10. s/h

We were lucky to only have 3 days of rain out of 3 weeks in Alaska.  It could have been raining all of the time!  We had quite a few days of blue sky.  But, many of the days were green and gray.

Impressionistic Plein Air Landscape -Alaskan Evening by Pam Holnback

A Great Alaskan Evening - Alaskan plein air # 9/14
6" x 8" Oil on canvas on board
$100.00 + $10. s/h

So many of the evenings in Alaska had such beautiful light and were when I did most of my paintings.

Impressionistic Plein Air Landscape -Alaskan Eagles- by Pam Holnback

Alaskan Eagles - Alaskan plein air #8/14
9" x 12"  oil on canvas on board
$195.00 + $10. s/h

I've mentioned the challenges of plein air painting and the challenges of plein air painting on a boat:  changing light, strong glare, reflections on the water, boat movement.  Don't worry, there are more!  The tide!  And how quickly it comes in and goes out!

Impressionistic Plein Air Landscape -Silver Light- by Pam Holnback

Silvery, Green Alaskan Light

Alaskan plein air #7/14

     6" x 8" oil on canvas on board

     $100.00 + $10. s/h

Both the sky and the reflective water in Alaska often had a silvery, green light.

Evening Light - Impressionistic Landscape by Pam Holnback

Evening Light

6" x 8" oil on canvas on board

$100.00 + $10. s/h

Another View - Impressionistic Plein Air Landscape by Pam Holnback

Another View
6" x 8" oil on panel on board
$100.00 + $10. s/h

For this piece I'm pretty much standing in the same spot on the stern of the boat.  I think that I painted these last two pieces between about 5:30 and 7:30.  It was a quiet first evening.  People were resting or out on the beaches exploring (no, not like warm sun-tan beaches!)

Alaskan Evening by Pam Holnback

Alaskan Evening
6" x 8" oil on canvas on board
$100.00 + $10. s/h

My husband and I just got home from three weeks in and around Sitka, Alaska.  We had an incredible trip. Our first few days were spent in Sitka in SE Alaska.    It's a beautiful town, on the water, with incredible scenery.

The next ten days five of us spent on a boat in the Inside Passage.  This is where we anchored the first night.  It takes awhile to get used to the sun setting at 9:30 and rising at about 4:30.  We put towels over the porthole window.