A Plein Air Life » beauty

Life is Beautiful

Rich Brimer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:02:06 +0000

Here is a collection of some more photos of the beautiful California that I live in. It is truly a wonderful part of the world to live in. Most people only get to visit.

Art is like Sex

Rich Brimer — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:57:28 +0000

In his book “The Everyday Work of Art, Awakening the Extraordinary” Eric Booth opens Chapter 1 with this…

Art, like sex is too important to leave to the professionals — too important because of the delight and satisfaction it provides, and too important because of its role in creating each person’s future. This book [...]

On Beauty

Rich Brimer — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:04:14 +0000

We should never mistake glamor for beauty. All that glitters is not gold. Some of the most beautiful moments in life can be the most difficult to look at. Think of the messiness of birth… the broken water, the blood, the crying, the after-birth, but all is forgotten once the newborn baby is in [...]

Il Paradiso II

Rich Brimer — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:39:29 +0000

I have added a glaze to the sky and painted a second layer over the landscape, wiping away some of the bits to let the underpainting show through. Next, I will go back into the clouds to bring back some highlights and deepen the shadows. Getting [...]

Solstice at the Beach

Rich Brimer — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:52:48 +0000

Here are some photos from the beach painting trip this week. While I was painting, Young Cho walked by and took a couple of photos of me painting. He posted them on his blog. While you are there, you can read about his trip to the US Open (which I didn’t know anything about [...]

Solstices and Thresholds

Rich Brimer — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:13:08 +0000

John O’donohue tells us about “thresholds”…

“thresholds”…which comes from “thrashing” – which is to separate the grain from the husk. So, the threshold is a place – you move into a more critical, challenging and worthy fullness.

When someone calls you and says to you that someone you love is suddenly dying, it takes [...]

On Beauty – a quote…

Rich Brimer — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:22:31 +0000

The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere – in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion and in ourselves. When we experience the Beautiful, there is a sense of homecoming. Some of our most wonderful memories are of beautiful places where we felt immediately at home. We feel [...]

More on Beauty

Rich Brimer — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:39:10 +0000

Here is a quote from a pastor named Chris Seay from Ecclesia in Houston, TX. I love what he says here about Art & Beauty…

“Some people’s idea if great art is what looks nice, something nice to hang on a wall. What I hope for in a sermon… in a photograph… a painting, [...]

Anam Cara – Speaking of Friends…

Rich Brimer — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:41:54 +0000

My head is full of images of beauty and wonder as I listen to John O’Donohue. I hold my friends dear to my side in life and friendship, and I want to share the following interview with you that we may talk about this approach to seeing life and beauty and God in each [...]

Lucy Brimer – 101

Rich Brimer — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:07:13 +0000

Last week I went to Templeton Hospital to say goodbye to my grandmother the day after her 101st birthday. She had been in the hospital for over three weeks and her health was failing. Her last breath was yesterday, March 9th – the same day her husband left us in 1981. My good [...]