'On The Bitteroot'

We're back from Door County with lots of paintings to show but there have been a couple of pressing items to take care of first before I get into the editing of the photos of Door County paintings. Soon...

Here's one of the pressing items. I had to get this piece done to send to Wally Grewe in Hamilton, MT for his show 'Fall Classics' at his Ponderosa Art Gallery. It is a pastel done from an oil field study painted while at the OPA National Show in Missoula, MT in 2008.


'On The Bitteroot' - pastel - 11x14 © Marc R. Hanson'10

Addison Art Gallery One Person Show

I'm on my way to Door County to teach a 3 day workshop and participate for the 2nd year in the Peninsula School of Art's '4th Annual Plein Air Festival'. Yipeee!

I'm posting some new paintings, and some I've posted previously, that are going to Addison Art Gallery in Orleans, MA for my opening on July 31, 2010. If you're in the area, please join us. I'd love to meet you.



'Tangerine Skies' 11x14 pastel - © Marc R. Hanson'10



'May Moon' 10x8 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson '10


'Incoming Tide' 11x14 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson '10


'Edge Of Dunes' 8x10 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson '10


'Dinghies' 16x20 pastel - ©Marc R. Hanson '10


'Beach Day' 12x18 pastel - ©Marc R. Hanson '10


'On The Sand In P-Town' 8x10 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'Old Float' 10x8 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'North Chatham Beach' 10x8 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'Nice Boat' 10x8 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'Memories' 12x24 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'Subtle Skies' 11x14 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'South Big Marine Lake' 12x16 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'Sand And Sun' 10x8 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'Rasta Boat' 10x8 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'Perry's Pride II' 11x14 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10



'Morel Woods' 10x8 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'From Above' 12x16 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'Labor Day' 20x24 oil - © Marc R. Hanson'10


'Spring Arrives' 16x20 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'Balsam Branch Mill Pond' 18x24 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10



'Brilliance' 10x8 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'Canoe Launch' 14x18 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10


'Cats In A Row' 10x8 oil - ©Marc R. Hanson'10

Upcoming Events

Right now I'm busy painting for my one man show Addison Art Gallery in Orleans, MA. The Reception is July 31st and on the 1st of August I will be doing a gallery demonstration open to the public.

If you're wondering if I have fallen off of the face of the 'art' earth, I haven't. I'm deeply ensconced in it and am building up a supply of paintings for this show. Once I am ready, I will post what I'm sending out there.

In the mean time, this is my schedule of Events, shows and such, for the fall and new year... so far!

July 19-25, 2010...Door County Plein Air Festival - Fish Creek, WI

July 31st, 2010... Reception for One Man Show at Addison Art Gallery - Orleans, MA

October 1-3, 2010... Wild Wings 'Fall Festival' - Lake City, MN

November 13 - 30... 20th Annual Small Works Show at Howard Mandville Gallery - Kirkland, WA

November 13, 2010... Beaux Arts 2010 at Scottsdale Artists School - Scottsdale, AZ

March 20 - 26, 2011... 'Wet Paint' at Coleman Fine Art - Charleston, SC

Workshop News

Both my Fish Creek, WI and my 4th Annual Taylors Falls, MN workshops have filled as of today June 22, 2010.
If you are interested in having your name added to the waiting list for the Taylors Falls Workshop, email me at- paintbox1@frontiernet.net- and I will add you to the list so that you can be notified in case of a cancellation and a spot opening up. Thank you.

Some recent work from earlier this month.

This first group are field studies that were painted in early May in Sarasota, FL on a short weekend painting trip. We found that our cold northern blood is not so fond of the HOT midday of Gulf Coast Florida. So the painting was best in the morning or afternoon. The rest of the time we did a lot of looking and exploring. Including spending several hours at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota. The grounds there are spectacular to see and to paint.

The last painting is now in Charleston, SC at Coleman Fine Art. It is a studio painting of one of the bridges at The Magnolia Plantation in Charleston. Another spectacular preserved garden, like the Ringling grounds, that is a treat to see and paint.


'Botanical Gardens' oil, 10x8 © Marc R. Hanson 2010


'Pair of Paired Palms' oil, 8x10 © Marc R. Hanson 2010
Try saying that 20 times fast!!! This was painted in Myakka River State Park. Alligators...need I say more?


'Lido Beach Park Trees' oil, 10x8 © Marc R. Hanson 2010
There many racoons here. One was next to where we were painting and it was particularly bothersome. It kept coming down from it's palm tree and towards us. Very nasty looking critter.


'Springtime Walk' oil, 18x24 © Marc R. Hanson 2010
Just a pleasant spring light on the subject... wanted to paint it. Not to mention all of the gentle color and textures.

Morel Woods

'Morel Woods' oil, 8x10 © Marc R. Hanson '10

I went to paint the woods behind my house this afternoon. About ten minutes in I found some morels and that was all it took to ruin a perfectly good intentioned day of gathering field studies. Instead my head was glued to the ground for 'mo' morels! I did find more, not a lot, but enough for a taste. More importantly I found out where they are and will be back to check again.

I did paint this little 8x10 study of the interior woodland. This is such an amazing area that I am realizing that it's going to be a never ending source of material for my work. I can see doing some very large scenes of the deep woods. It's almost entirely very large and old maple trees. The canopy is so thick that there is very little under story growth on the forest floor. A perfect hiking and exploring area. And painting area. There are a lot of bugs. Probably bears and according to many around here a possible cougar.

These pics are of the area and of the morels I found.

OPA Award of Excellence!

I am very happy and proud to announce that my painting "Sunday Morning Frost" has been given the "John Marion Pardy Landscape Award of Excellence' at the Oil Painters of America's (OPA) 19th Annual Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils held at Legacy Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ.

This award is a special one, established by the family of John Marion Pardy, who was a lover of all things outdoors, who instilled a love of the land in his family, and who had a great love of art and music, traditional oil painting in particular. The annual award was set up by his daughter as a way to honor her father and the gift of these loves that he passed on to her.

That's a very special story and makes me even more proud to have been the recipient of it.