All works are oil on canvas realised en plein air.
The en plein air technique has been considered a very complex one by the many Impressionist painters who have made it their favourite technique.
Some found it impossible to catch the changing of the light while painting (e.g. Renoir, Degas, and Cezanne), while, on the contrary, Monet, Sisley, and to a lesser degree Pissarro made it their “religion”.
Painting en plein air requires a particular quickness of execution precisely because the light is ever changing while one is painting; furthermore it allows the painter to catch the natural colours of the surrounding environment.
The choice to paint in oil on canvas is very suitable for the en plein air technique, as oil paints are brighter than acrylic, tempera, or watercolour ones.
The en plein air technique enables one to paint “wet on wet” (layering one colour over another one which is still fresh and mixing the two directly on the canvas) with surprising results.
Oil paints facilitate this technique as they do not dry quickly, as acrylic paints or watercolours do.
