The Blackstone Valley Art Association is honored to have talented oil painter Dianne Panarelli Miller present a free demonstration at our April 15, 2025 meeting! This demonstration will be helpful to ALL artists, even if you don’t use oil paints.
This demo is an introduction to how to approach plein air paintings, by learning techniques that can be practiced beforehand at home.
First, what is a plein air painting? Simply put, a plein air painting is a painting done on location, usually in an outdoor setting. You’ve probably seen this in movies or TV shows. An artist stands or sits in front of an easel, painting a lovely meadow, seascape, or rustic barn. That painting-on-site is what plein air is all about.
The BVAA runs a number of free plein air gatherings throughout the summer, giving our community a variety of opportunities to learn and discuss approaches to painting local waterfalls, lakes, historic buildings, and other locations. By attending Dianne’s workshop, you’ll get a sense of what plein air is all about and how to learn some basic skills. That way when you attend your first plein air in person you’ll be ready for the fun!
All are welcome to this meeting. This is open to the public. Beginners warmly welcome.
Location:
BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery
5 South Main Street
Uxbridge, MA 01569
This meeting and session is free and open to the public. No experience is necessary. The fun of our workshops is that we all learn new things we’ve never done before.
Our meetings cover BVAA organization business from 6:30-7:00pm and then go into the workshop part of the evening. Feel free to come for whichever half interests you the most. In general, our monthly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month unless otherwise announced.
All are welcome – this workshop is open to members and non-members. Feel free to bring along a friend! We’d love to see you there to learn some new things and explore your creativity!
Here’s a write-up of things you might want to bring with you, when you go to an actual outside plein air location:
Dianne’s biography:
Dianne Panarelli Miller is a world reknown artist painting in Canada, Bermuda, and Europe. She is an award winning Boston-based “Plein Air Painter” of color and light and is a signature member of the New England Plein Air Painters and is a “Copley Master”. Her approach combines the classic atelier training of the “Boston School”, with a mastery of technique of her own personal style expressed through the harmony of color and design. The original Boston School way of painting seeks to combine the truth of impressionist color with good drawing, sound composition and skillful paint handling. Its leading exponents included Edmund Tarbell, Frank Benson, William Paxton, Joseph Decamp, Philip Hale, R.H. Ives Gammell. Gammell was a turn of the century Boston Museum School pupil of the first three men and later consulted with Paxton. Robert Douglas Hunter and Robert Cormier (with whom Miller studied ) were students of Gammell. David Lowery and Robert Moore, also students of Gammell rounded off her studies.
Enter her website to see her versatile style which allows her to capture her subjects with sensitivity and detail. Her work can be seen all over the country.
You can learn more about Dianne here:
Here are a few sample paintings by Dianne Panarelli Miller!
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