Tree Painter: Richard St Barbe Baker

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Tree Painter: My Yard III

Tree Painter: My Yard III: Tree Paintings Notes From My Tree Journal I slipped Henry's leash over a short branch of a pine tree. He settled in for a long nap in the...

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Tree Painter: Pine and Dogwood Trees

Tree Painter: Pine and Dogwood Trees: Tree Paintings More Plein Air Fun I spent two glorious hours today painting this Pine and Dogwood. Henry sat around chewing on the last...

Six Artists Six Prairies: Pines

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Tree Painter: Fall at Last

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Tree Painter: Sky Holes

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Tree Painter: My Tree Notebook

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Why Care About Prairies?

Six Artists Six Prairies: Why Care About Prairies?: Tuscawilla Prairie Why Care About Prairies? From http://www.prairies.org/ • The prairie ecosystem, unique to North America, is an importan...

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Tree Painter: Paths and Portals

Tree Painter: Paths and Portals: Landscape Paintings  Notes From My Tree Journal I've always enjoyed portals or windows in the landscape. It's a favorite theme. I alway...

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Tree Painter: My obsession with Bald Cypress

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Tree Painter: Painting Trees

Tree Painter: Painting Trees: Companions Notes From My Tree Journal Painting Trees First I look at the basic shapes and their relationship to each other. I look at ...

Tree Painter: A great Article about Trees

Tree Painter: A great Article about Trees: Pond Oak By Hannah Boyd at http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Talking_Trees/ We plant them and cut them down, pick their fruit...

Tree Painter: Tree Color

Tree Painter: Tree Color: Wood Farm Oak 24x30 inches acrylic on canvas Notes From my Tree Journal One of the things I've done is to study color for Florida trees a...

Tree Painter: Notes From My Tree Journal

Tree Painter: Notes From My Tree Journal: Oaks and Palms 30x30 inches acrylic on Birch panel Notes From MY Tree Journal For a long time, I put far too much texture in my tree ca...

Tree Painter: The Cellon Oak

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Tree Painter: Welcome to my Tree Blog

Tree Painter: Welcome to my Tree Blog: Bald Cypress I've been a tree painter for several years now and have studied them all of my life. When I was a kid I roamed the fields a...

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Ponds Turn Into Prairies

Six Artists Six Prairies: Ponds Turn Into Prairies: Fair Oaks Dry Pond 8x10 inches acrylic on birch panel This dry pond on the Fair Oaks Estate has become a miniature prairie over the last c...

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Paynes Prairie State Park

Six Artists Six Prairies: Paynes Prairie State Park: 12x16 inches acrylic on panel palette knife There is an area inside the state park that I really love to paint. It is between the entrance ...

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The Mob

THE MOB

Thornebrook Gallery, September 9th, 6:00pm-9:00pm.

The opening of "The Mob", a showing of thirty of the phenomenally talented painters in our area. Each artist will bring in one piece to display for the five day show. Live music will be performed for the opening by Eric Diamond. A closing party will also be held on Wednesday September 14th from 5:00pm until 8:00pm. with live music by Cathy DeWitt. Refreshments will be served. See my painting in the MOB SHOW and help Thornebrook Gallery celebrate 30 years of wonderful art.

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Prairie Pines

Six Artists Six Prairies: Prairie Pines: "Pines 12x9 inches acrylic on panel Pine Flatwoods and Dry Prairies are part of the Upland Ecosystem. Prior to the advent of air conditionin..."

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A request

This is an interesting article about the 10 Most Famous Unfinished Pieces of Art. Someone asked me to share it with you.

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Kanapaha Prairie Trees

Six Artists Six Prairies: Kanapaha Prairie Trees: "18x24 inches acrylic on panel One day a couple of weeks ago, I walked down this road with Mary Jane Volkmann while we explored Kanapaha Pr..."

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Solski Trail-Fish Prairie

Six Artists Six Prairies: Solski Trail-Fish Prairie: "Solski Trail on Fish Prairie at Fair Oaks I'll be spending a week in February with fellow prairie painter Mary Jane Volkmann painting Fish..."

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Prairie Sky

Six Artists Six Prairies: Prairie Sky: "Prairie Sky Prairies offer us the vistas that are hard to find in Florida. Florida, thank goodness is a tree state. Lots of green canopies..."

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Tuscawilla Trees

Six Artists Six Prairies: Tuscawilla Trees: "5x7 inches I've always been fascinated by portals or windows in nature which lead from space to space. Tuscawilla Prairie is rimmed by thes..."

Six Artists Six Prairies: Fishin

Six Artists Six Prairies: Fishin: "Fishin' 20' x 24' Acrylic In my opinion, Little Blue Herons are the most beautiful of the heron family. They can be easily found on any ..."

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Storm Clouds

Six Artists Six Prairies: Storm Clouds: "18x24 inches oil on stretched canvas I have painted at the Florida prairies for years. Once I was painting along early in the morning at P..."

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Solski Trail on Fish Prairie

Six Artists Six Prairies: Solski Trail on Fish Prairie: "24x24 inches acrylic on stretched canvas This is a wonderful trail that skirts the rim of Fish Prairie from Fair Oaks in Evinston, FL. Fai..."

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Prairie Hyacinths

Six Artists Six Prairies: Prairie Hyacinths: "Prairie Hyacinths I love these plants. Sometimes they are as thick as a carpet on the prairies here in north Florida. They range in color..."

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Six Artists Six Prairies: After the Storm

Six Artists Six Prairies: After the Storm: "After the Storm Paynes Prairie This is a palette knife painting. One of the things I am most interested in as a painter is light and atmos..."

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Prairie Wetlands

Six Artists Six Prairies: Prairie Wetlands: "This morning I enjoyed working on this little painting from a reference photo. Each Saturday I paint out in front of my gallery. Today was a..."

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Prairie Dusk

Six Artists Six Prairies: Prairie Dusk: "Sunsets fascinate everyone, including artists. The prairie provides a nice subject to do a panoramic format sunset painting. Sometimes we a..."

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Pickeril Weed Tuscawilla Prairie

Six Artists Six Prairies: Pickeril Weed Tuscawilla Prairie: "Pickerelweed is a perennial plant that can grow up to 3 1/2 feet tall. Leaves are shiny green, heart-to-lance shaped(up to 7 inches long) si..."

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Prairie Weeds: "My friend Kay lives on the rim of Tuscawilla Prairie. Lucky me, she sends me reference photos of the prairie at various times when the seaso..."

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Six Artists Six Prairies: Hopkins Prairie

Six Artists Six Prairies: Hopkins Prairie: "Hopkins Prairie The northern part of the Ocala National Forest nurtures upland habitats of rolling sandhills topped with longleaf pines an..."

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I'm enjoying my summer

Landscape Paintings

Friends,
I've been busy this summer with various projects. I hope you will stop by my Loft Studio and enjoy browsing and chatting with me. I always have fresh coffee or a cold soft drink waiting for you.

Welcome to Linda's Flower Shop

Friends,
I've been painting flowers all spring. I've put together a nice collection of floral paintings in my loft studio in Gained ills anson my web site. Enjoy!!

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I'm Home At Last !!!

Linda Blondheim Landscape Paintings

Notes From the Loft Studio

I've been away for a long time and I'm so glad to be home. This summer I will be working on some paintings of flowers. I had such a wonderful time doing little flower studies while I was on the road.

Come see me all summer in my Loft Studio. I'm looking forward to a nice visit with you.

Evinston Paint Out Winter Park Paint Out

Join me at the Evinston Paint Out April 11-17th, 2011
Evinston Paint Out





Join me at the Winter Park Paint Out
April 23-30th, 2011
Winter Park Paint Out

It's Paint Out Season in Florida

Landscape Paintings



Wekiva Painters


I'm on the road between several paint outs this spring:

Epcot Flower and Garden Festival UK Pavilion March 24-27
Evinston Paint Out Evinston FL April 11-16
Winter Park Paint Out April 23-30

I'll be back in the Loft for the summer on May 1, 2011. Come by for a cup of coffee and a chat. Next to Fresh Market 4122 NW 16 BLVD Gainesville, FL

Here it is February Already!!

Landscape Paintings

Here is an article sent to me to share:

10 Artists

Notes From the Studio

This has been quite a year so far. My mother passed away two weeks ago and my sisters and our family have been trying to get through all of the paperwork and other issues that come with losing a parent. I've not been able to paint very much but I have been doing a few little Color Fields paintings. They are a series I go back to from time to time. I've always been a big fan of Mark Rothko's Color Field paintings, so I get my inspiration for these studies from him.

I'll be heading off to Wekiva State Park in March 7-12 for my favorite paint out of the year. It is my favorite because we live in the state park for a week, coming and going to paint as we please. I'll have some paintings to share from that event when I get back.

Art Lover Salons

Plan an Art Lover Salon at my Loft Studio with friends. Click the link above to see more.

I'll report in after I return from Wekiva.

Wishing You all a Happy Holiday

Cypress Tree at the Polasek Museum
18x24 inches
Acrylic on birch panel


Henry and I wish you the happiest of holidays and a wonderful 2011!!

I have been busy in the Loft Studio this fall, getting it set up and arranged to be a cozy hideaway for my patrons. Please come anytime you are in the Gainesville area. I am usually there around Noon on Wednesday - Saturday each week. Henry comes with me on Wednesday to entertain everybody.

I continue to paint my favorite farms, and trees. In 2011 I will add some floral and garden paintings to honor requests from patrons.

My Web sites:
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http://www.lindablondheimlandscapeart.com
My Blogs:
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http://linda-blondheim.blogspot.com

2011 Calendar

February

Linda's Annual Chili Party

March

Wekiva Paint Out
EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival Art in the Gardens Weekend

April

Evinston Paint Out
Winter Park Paint Out

June

Linda's Hot Dog Picnic

November

Canaveral Seashore Paint Out

North Florida Muse

North Florida Muse by Linda Blondheim | Make Your Own Book

New Magazine Article

Landscape Paintings

Friends,
Enjoy this article published in the Haile Village Journal by Sarah Carey.


For more information or to obtain a photo of Linda Blondheim, e-mail: skcarey1@gmail.com
July 2010

Landscapes reflect artist's passion for capturing region's history
GAINESVILLE – Painter Linda Blondheim's work is a vibrant spectrum of North Florida life and land, rendered impressionistically in all four seasons, at all hours of the day and night.
From postcard-sized paintings produced quickly, when studio time is limited, to larger pieces that hang in homes throughout the country, Blondheim's work always contains undercurrents of yesterday.
Widely renowned for her Southern landscapes, Blondheim is respected by patrons and fellow artists alike for her commitment to land and water conservation in Florida and for her generosity of spirit, as well as for the painting skills she's honed for more than 30 years. Always original, Blondheim's paintings make thoughtful and interpretive use of color and composition and reflect her deep familiarity with “Old Florida” scenery as well as other venues in North Carolina and the Deep South.
Typical Blondheim landscape scenes range from public and privately owned pastures and farm fields that remain home to livestock and horses in the region, to coastal marshlands and pristine ocean and rivers. Her work captures Florida's rich agricultural history as well as its entrenched reputation as a tropical haven for visitors from Northern climes.
An honors graduate of the University of Tampa, Blondheim performed postgraduate studies in fine art at the University of South Florida before embarking on her painting career. She honed her reputation as an oil painter, but has recently shifted to working primarily in acrylics, although she still likes to occasionally use other mediums for effect and variety.
Local residents have likely seen her work at Paddiwhack, her primary Gainesville gallery, as well as recently in solo exhibitions at Books, Inc., the Vam York Theatre, Melrose Bay Gallery, and the Ice House Gallery in McIntosh.
It was in that gallery that 12 years ago, McIntosh resident Lindy McCollum Brounley, a communications specialist at UF, spotted a particular Blondheim painting...and fell in love.
“It was a vibrantly painted landscape of a stand of sabal palms in a grass prairie,” Brounley said. “Like most all of Linda's Florida landscapes, it evoked a powerful sense of 'home' within me.”
Brounley's mother purchased the painting and gave it to her daughter for her birthday that year.
Since then, Brounley and her husband have collected four additional Blondheim landscapes of Florida locations that are meaningful to them. As a Christmas gift for her mother this past year, Brounley purchased a painting of a dirt road hugging the treeline at the edge of a hilly, plowed field outside of Evinston, Fla.
“For us, Linda's paintings of our beautiful North Florida landscapes document the rural lifestyle and its unique ecological treasures that we love and hope to preserve,” Brounley said.
Although Blondheim has deliberately downsized her gallery presence in recent years, she has simultaneously expanded her Web presence, reaching out to patrons and potential patrons through a blog, Facebook and Twitter, in addition to the more conventional Web site.
“At one time, I would have never considered reducing my gallery presence, as that was how I felt artists became known, and I was not as confident in my own ability to attract sales in other ways,” Blondheim said.
To survive in today's market, she has had to devise more creative ways of marketing a broader selection of work at different price points to appeal to a range of clients – individuals who never thought they could afford to buy an original painting but quickly learn that Blondheim's art is actually quite affordable, as well as art lovers who pay top dollar for their favorite scenes.
Much of Blondheim's subject matter is captured off the beaten path and resonates with both Florida natives and others who have come to call Florida home. Among her favorite places to paint locally are Fair Oaks Farm, owned by attorney Rick Knellinger, and the Wood family's historic farm, both located in Evinston.
Blondheim visits Evinston whenever she can, particularly between October and April, before the summer's brutal heat sets in.
“I have been fortunate to have Linda spend considerable time and effort at Fair Oaks documenting the farrn in gorgeous paintings which preserve for all time, the nurturing nature of a vanishing landscape,” said Fair Oaks owner Knellinger, who has accumulated several Blondheim paintings in the past two years. “She wanders the fields finding views through which she captures the spirit of the farm and those who toil here.”
The Wood farm, which has been designated a Century Pioneer Family Farm by the state of Florida, is located on the shores of Orange Lake and holds a special place in Blondheim's heart because of her years-long relationship with the Wood family. Ashley Wood, a retired communications director formerly with the University of Florida's Food and Agricultural Sciences, said Blondheim is always welcome to visit the family's farms, lands and yards.
“It's always great to hear from our Evinston-area neighbors when we have a 'Linda Blondheim sighting', because we are so pleased to have her creative talents that so wonderfully capture the lands and environment that we all love, appreciate and work to protect,” said Wood, who has known Blondheim since she was hired right out of high school in the early 1970s to work in the IFAS print shop.
“She was there for about a year or so before she went back to school for her degree and career as an artist,” he said. “I recall seeing her several years later at the Santa Fe Spring Arts show where she was showing her work and talent for possibly the first time.”
Since then, Wood said Blondheim had developed into “one of the best, if not the best, plein air artists of Florida.”
“She can so uniquely interpret the North Florida environment, the wonderful Florida clouds and sky, the statuesque oaks and palms and the Southern landscapes,” Wood said.
Blondheim was the poster artist for the 2010 Evinston Paint-out, one of six invitational events she will have participated in this year – and that's a downsized schedule for the Lacrosse resident whose studio 11 miles from Gainesville is her late father's converted shed.
A founder of Plein Air Florida, Blondheim once travelled throughout the Eastern Seaboard to participate in numerous paint-outs, but she has come to a point in her life and career where she prefers to stay closer to home,so she can concentrate on studio work and be more available to her 87-year-old mother and to other family members.
That's one reason why she has devoted more time recently to Internet marketing, even gradually reducing her in-studio teaching and workshops in favor of “E-classes” she offers to her current students. Many of Blondheim's students are already aspiring artists seeking to reach their next level of achievement through professional consultation, but some have never previously picked up a paint brush and seek Blondheim's help to pursue their dream of learning how to paint.
“The logistics of travel, and the sheer physical demands of setting up, taking down and painting non-stop in unpredictable conditions can be very stressful, but most importantly I have come to feel that my strengths are better realized in the studio,” Blondheim said.
This year, she painted at events in Wekiva Springs State Park, Epcot Center in Orlando, Bartram Trail in St. John's County, and Winter Park as well as Evinston. The Canaveral National Seashore National Paint-out looms in November.
A self-described workaholic, Blondheim's friends know that she is also a “foodie” – an excellent cook who wouldn't consider having guests to her studio without putting out a spread of homemade munchies and dip, along with the requisite lemonade.
Her studio chili parties are something of a tradition for Blondheim fans. Patrons and others who are on her mailing list receive invitations to these get-togethers, which are Blondheim's way of showing appreciation to her friends and patrons.
At Art Salons – a concept Blondheim came up with for hosting groups of art aficionados at her studio – she whips up a fabulous lunch that might consist of spaghetti, salad and carrot cake.
Blondheim once worked as the personal chef for former McIntosh resident Louise Courtelis, a University of Florida philanthropist and former owner of Town and Country Farm. Courtelis and her daughter, Kiki, both of whom now reside in Kentucky, own several Blondheim paintings and have consistently supported her and her work over the years.
Town of Tioga resident Liz Brown discovered Blondheim's work after being invited to an Art Salon by her friend, Lindy Brounley.
“Lindy knew that my teenage daughter, Gracie, is an aspiring artist, and suggested that I bring Gracie as well,” Brown said. “We had no idea what to expect, and frankly I was a little intimidated. Would I be the only guest who knew nothing about art? Of course, I had been to art museums, and I had some haphazardly chosen art in my home, but I had never spent much time trying to learn about art.”
She added that what transpired was a lovely afternoon of lunching, laughing, and learning about one artist’s process and philosophy.
“Linda opened her studio and her home to us, fed our minds and hearts with her beautiful Florida landscapes, and our tummies with her delicious food,” said Brown, a staff attorney in the U.S. Attorney's office. “I grew up in the Florida Panhandle where 'beach scenes' are ubiquitous, but Linda’s paintings were like nothing I had seen before. Linda has a gift for capturing the essence of her subjects, so that you can smell the salt air, feel the cool spring water, and hear the palm fronds moving in the breeze.”
Blondheim asked the Art Salon participants to view the paintings in her studio, and to share which painting they liked best and why.
“There was no pressure to sound like an art expert, just an opportunity to reflect on why we are attracted to certain images,” Brown said. “Linda discussed how and why she chooses her subjects, demonstrated how she makes a painting, and answered our questions about collecting art and what advice she would give to a young artist-in-training.
“Then she told us that that she started giving her own children art to collect when they were young, and in that spirit I later bought Gracie some small florals that she especially admired to remind her of our afternoon in Linda’s studio,” Brown added. “This past Christmas, I put one of Linda’s paintings of Poe Springs on my 'wish list,' and I now enjoy looking at that refreshing scene at the end of a long, hot, day.”
Although Blondheim has deep roots in Alachua County, having been born and raised here, she can never mentally stay in one place too long. She constantly evaluates her business and marketing plans, while never losing sight of her personal need to evolve as a painter -- perfecting her techniques in a specific medium, for example, or experimenting with a fresh approach to value study.
“What I especially admire about Linda is her commitment to expanding her skills as a painter, ever immersing herself in the study of aesthetics while experimenting with color, mediums and other various techniques,” said Sharon Crute, an Ocala artist renowned for her dynamic equine paintings. “In this ongoing endeavor, Linda generously shares her acquired knowledge with her peers. As an equine artist, she urged me step out of my horse genre and take a try with plein air painting, something I would never have considered. This is how much she remains fully engaged as an artist.”
For more information about Linda Blondheim's work, or to purchase a painting, go to www.lindablondheim.com. Oh, and there will be a cake party (red velvet, sour cream pound and carrot cake are already on the menu) at her studio on September 25. Anyone interested is more than welcome to attend.

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The cake party locationhas been changed to Melrose Bay Gallery, State Road 26, Melrose, Florida