Unleash Your Inner Plein Air Artist! Free Demonstrations with Cape Ann Plein Air! Join us on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 12pm-1:30pm at Cox Reservation, Essex, MA, for an artist demonstration with Andrew Anderson-Bell.
Dream of capturing Cape Ann's beauty en plein air? Cape Ann Plein Air Week offers a fantastic opportunity to learn from the masters!
Join us during Cape Ann Plein Air week for free artist demonstrations led by a selection of talented local artists. These demonstrations are your chance to:
Witness plein air painting techniques in action!
Gain valuable insights and tips from experienced artists.
Ask questions and get inspired!
Cape Ann Plein Air Demonstrations are free to attend but registration is required (to receive an event reminder and the exact location of the demonstration). Space is limited. For questions email info@capeannpleinair.org. PLEASE BRING A CHAIR!
Native to the New England area, Andrew Anderson-Bell is a representational landscape artist painting in the medium of pastel. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Andrew initially pursued graphic design and photography. While these remain passions to this day, his interest in painting in pastel was sparked by an exhibit he saw 20 years ago. The immediacy of the medium, the vibrancy of the colors and the diversity of mark making inspired him to pursue a career in pastel painting. Where Andrew lives keeps him in daily contact with the great outdoors, his leading source for artistic inspiration. He is a lifelong summer resident of North Haven Island, Maine. When not there, he lives in Ipswich, a seaside community located on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Much of the subject matter of his pastel paintings depict familiar landscape scenes from North Haven as well as from his exploration of the other islands of Penobscot Bay. Meanwhile, the beaches, horse pastures, farmland and particularly salt marsh estuaries of the north shore are also captured in his landscapes. Through his work he conveys nature’s incantations: whispers of wind through bows of spruce trees, the lapping of waves against a shoreline, the distant rumble of thunder. To capture the feel and temperature of weather and nature’s change in mood, he often examines the metamorphosis of daylight to dusk or calm to approaching storm. He portrays the spectrum of nature from the graceful dance of field grass to the power and fury of surf. His paintings offer the viewer the indulgence of a meditative space to contemplate the grandeur of nature and reinforce the notion that even the most solitary and tranquil moments have significance.