Saturday, September 1, 2012

Plein Air in Big Bear- Desiree Habicht



Hi everyone, hope everyone is having a great summer so far. We took my daughter water skiing and jet skiing for a few days in Big Bear, CA, a local mountain resort. It was beautiful for most of the time with weird bouts of thunder storms and lightening and rain. The skiers were pulled out of the water a few times over the two days to wait out the storms that blew through. The last day after lunch we spent a few hours trying to wait out the storm in a restaurant in hopes it would pass over and everyone could resume their skiing. While we waited I passed out paper and intense sticks and everyone had fun sketching the marina or whatever they wanted to help pass the time. As the weather cleared they all resumed but one person slid his picture under the glass cover on the tables of this small town restaurant to leave for others to enjoy. I loved that idea and did the same. If you happen to be in Big Bear at B's Barbecue Restaurant next to the lake I hope you will find our plein air painting representing our painting adventure during an August storm in the summer of 2012! I love the idea of leaving small gifts of art in different places and would love to hear if anyone else has done this. We could start a Geocaching art movement! Sharing art across America!


8 comments:

  1. What a great idea, Desiree! I know a NY artist who leaves sketches under the windshield wipers on peoples' cars...wonderful surprise.

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  2. What a lovely idea and painting. How fun for those that come to eat. I loved this post as I grew up in Big Bear Lake CA. many many many moons ago. What a treat to see this.

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  3. Love your piece and yes, a wonderful idea! I know of a Charleston SC artist that leaves his plein air oil paintings in unusual places... I think a gift of a wc sketch is grand!

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  4. Lovely post! My grandparents had a cabin near Big Bear Lake that was my childhood haunt, and I still dream of that old rustic cabin and being a young girl in the great outdoors, often able to be on my own for hours to explore. It's a precious memory. I've seen a website or blog that was established by a group of artists whose whole purpose is to create art and leave it for free in public places, it's a charming site with great stories, will try to find it again and come back and post the link.

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  5. I found it!

    These artists stealthily set out to leave art in public spots to be found and enjoyed. They 'tag' their art with a means of the finder being able to let the artist know it was found and enjoyed. The artists then share the stories at the Art Abandonment facebook page. So fun, and a lovely idea! https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtAbandonment/

    The back story of how it all got started can be read here; http://www.createmixedmedia.com/blogs/the-creative-life/michael-demeng-art-abandonment

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  6. Katie, thank you for sharing that! HOW cool.

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  7. That is so cool, and think I thought I was starting something! LOL I will go and read about it, how fun is that! Thanks for the info!

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  8. This really is a fun idea. And your sketch is wonderful Desiree.

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