Marsha Hamby Savage
Plein Air / Studies

Plein air paintings (those done outdoors from life) are my classroom.  I believe I am successful painting from my photographs because I have also painted on location.
Seeing is important -- and the seeing of the real colors is very important. Photography is a wonderful tool, but as a painter I know the values shown in a photograph are not necessarily the correct ones and the colors cannot be all the colors that the eye can see! Please realize that plein air paintings are somewhat looser in style than a work done in the studio with all the time in the world to capture the effect the artist wishes to convey. Plein air must be done under a time restraint of the sun moving and all the light and shadow changes that occur during the day!  Studies are just as the word suggests, usually done in a shorter amount of time -- or could be called sketches. And sometimes I might put drawings here.
If you are interested in a purchase, contact me at marshasavageart@yahoo.com.



Across the Water
Pastel - 8" x 10"


Boat Holiday
Pastel - 9" x 12"


Kaat's Trees
Pastel - 10" x 8"


Kilmore House
Pastel - SOLD


Kilmore Roses
Pastel - 9" x 12"


O'Briens
Pastel - SOLD
Quick Draw - Award


Selskar Abbey
Pastel - 10" x 8"


Vinegar Hill
Pastel - SOLD


Wexford Rain
Oil - 8" x 10"


Azaleas
Oil - 12" x 9"


Downtown Buford
Oil - 11" x 14"


Old Tannery
Oil - 16" x 20"
Museum Purchase Award


Boynton Cactus
Oil - 8" x 10"


Ghost Ranch Arroyo
Pastel - SOLD


Grasshopper Point
Oil - SOLD


Chavez Bluff
Oil - 9" x 12"


Boynton Cactus
Oil - SOLD


Chavez Tree
Oil - 5" x 7"


Chavez Morning View
Pastel - 8" x 10"
Windrush Gallery, Sedona AZ


Dry Creek Sentry
Pastel - 8" x 10"


Dry Creek View
Pastel - 16" x 12"
Windrush Gallery, Sedona AZ


Ghost Arroyo Morning
Pastel - 12" x 9"


Ghost Ranch Canyon
Oil - SOLD


Ghost Ranch Morning
Oil - 16" x 20"


Pedernal
Oil - 16" x 20"


Red Rock Shadows
Oil - SOLD


Red Rock Arroyo
Oil - 8" x 10"


Schnebly Cactus
Pastel - 10" x 8"


Schnebly Shadows
Pastel - 10" x 8"
Windrush Gallery, Sedona AZ


Schnebly View
Pastel - 10" x 8"
Windrush Gallery, Sedona AZ


Chavez Ranch View
Oil 5"x7"


Storm Passes
Pastel - SOLD


Pasture Dogwood
Pastel - 11" x 14"


Morning Hay Bales
Pastel - 18" x 24"


Lost Mountain Nursery
Pastel - 11" x 14"


Monastic Haven
Pastel - 11" x 14"


Taos Sagebrush
Pastel - 11" x 14"


St. George Lavendar
Pastel - 11" x 14"


Taos Valley
Pastel - 10" x 8"
Windrush Gallery, Sedona AZ
 

Parks Vista
Oil - 14" x 11"


Regal Hollyhocks
Pastel - 18" x 14"
Wrapsody in Blue, Blue Ridge GA


Airport Butte
Oil - 9" x 12"


Sparkle Plenty
Pastel - 8" x 10"

 
McCarthy Farm
Oil - 9" x 12"


Willeo Park Misty
Pastel - 16" x 20"
"Best In Show"
Chattahoochee Paint Out

 
Pot House
Pastel - 12" x 9"

 
Waterfall Music
Pastel - NFS 9" x 12"
Collection of the Artist


Sitting Pretty
Pastel - 12" x 9"







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