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Alan Linquist
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New Year, New Changes, Lots Of Things To Do
Over the next week or so, I want to start discussing my plein air painting in detail. I hoped to start today, but I will be overhauling...
Alan Linquist
Jan 11 min read
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My Plein Air Philosophy
The concept of plein air is easy to grasp, but it seems that no two artists do it the same. The idea is simply to paint outside, which...
Alan Linquist
Dec 1, 20243 min read
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Painting and Chemotherapy
Last year, I had a surgical lumpectomy. It was a pretty large, cancerous lump in my chest, and for the first month, I was too weak and...
Alan Linquist
Oct 30, 20245 min read
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Art videos
When I came back to painting three years ago or so, I discovered a world of plein air painters online. Previously, I had painted for...
Alan Linquist
Oct 1, 20243 min read
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Change Happens
I’ve painted most of my adult life, although it has been an on and off again kind of relationship. Frankly, despite the serious illness...
Alan Linquist
Sep 1, 20243 min read
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A Very Unusual Summer
This has definitely been a strange summer. I am still fighting cancer through chemo treatments, but I am also painting a lot more than I...
Alan Linquist
Aug 6, 20243 min read
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The Best and Worst of Times
I see I skipped the June entry in this blog. Well, it's been a very trying period. What made it so bad was that my cancer returned in a...
Alan Linquist
Jul 5, 20243 min read
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YouTube Videos
When I started painting many years ago, I did not think that there were problems that needed to be solved. And yet, every step of the...
Alan Linquist
May 3, 20242 min read
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Dealing With Easels
Because I’m a plein air painter, I need equipment that will work outdoors. When I was very young, and painting portraits, I used a...
Alan Linquist
Apr 1, 20243 min read
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Starting A New Year Of Painting
It’s been seven months since my surgery, and for the first time since then, I have been able to go out and do some plein air painting. ...
Alan Linquist
Mar 3, 20242 min read
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Winter
For the first time in six months, things are starting to feel normal again, but there is a lot I have to do to get ready for the spring. ...
Alan Linquist
Feb 1, 20243 min read
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THE END OF A VERY ROUGH YEAR
I hope you’ve had a Merry Christmas, or what ever holiday you chose to celebrate. We have now begun a new year. For me, I had begun 2023...
Alan Linquist
Jan 2, 20242 min read
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THE RECOVERY PAINTING
Its taken some time but I’m just about done with my recovery painting project. Better yet, I’ve started three other paintings. Doing...
Alan Linquist
Dec 5, 20232 min read
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PAINTING AGAIN
Since my operation in early August, I've been in recovery mode. The operation was on my chest on the right side. That had made painting...
Alan Linquist
Nov 6, 20232 min read
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A.I. IN ART
The last two blog posts I wrote explained not only the serious medical situation I was was in, they have also pointed out my inability to...
Alan Linquist
Oct 3, 20233 min read
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RECOVERY
Its been a little over a month since my operation. I am feeling better at this time than I thought I would. I spent close to a week in...
Alan Linquist
Sep 4, 20232 min read
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VERY BAD NEWS
Today is blog day for this art website, but it’s also the day I am going into the hospital to have a tumor removed from my chest. It...
Alan Linquist
Aug 1, 20232 min read
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Summer Paintings
Summer is here, and I’m outside painting. I started my work in late spring, after making plans on what I wanted to do. So what follows...
Alan Linquist
Jul 3, 20236 min read
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Spring Painting
Spring was late this year. I didn't start painting until mid May although I had a number of ideas lined up. I broke the ice this year...
Alan Linquist
Jun 2, 20233 min read
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Oops...I Missed My Publishing Dates
Well, I missed my April deadline for posting a blog, and now I missed it in May, also. This is not so much intentional as it is careless....
Alan Linquist
May 10, 20233 min read
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