"Chloe's Sky" Live On Site at Catiri's Art Oasis Gallery Amana Painting Demonstration Dena Tollefson

Do you enjoy painting en plein air or painting for a live audience? Today I am painting an oil painting "Chloe's Sky" for you live at Catiri's Art Oasis Gallery in historic Amana Iowa. I will show you my Daubism texture technique using painting knives and spoons and explain how to use a limited palette of oil colors to mix any color for your artwork. I will also share with you some tips and tricks for traveling with art supplies as well as my travel supply list.

Here is my travel supply list for painting live- you may find this helpful in creating your own art travel list:

*paint (2 tubes titantium white, 1 small tube ultramarine blue, cad orange hue, phthalo blue red shade, primary yellow light or lemon yellow, cad red hue, yellow ochre, mars black or ivory black plus any additional specialty colors
* New wave gray palette (oils) or Masterson Sta wet palette (acrylic)
* pochade box/tripod or french easel or table easel
* small folding table and folding chair
* water bottles
* reference subject if painting from life
* snacks
* sunscreen and bug spray (if painting outdoors)
* paper towels
* sharpie and pencil
* business cards
* palette knives, paint brushes
* trash can + garbage bag
* canvas preprimed and toned
* cell phone
* small container for painting waste water

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I am known for deep, vibrant colors in my signature painting technique called Daubism.

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I am a Christian and my artwork is positive message, uplifting and healing. Collectors use my paintings for meditation, calming, and healing thought.

Artist’s Statement: I am a Colorist and am known for contemporary realism focusing on botanicals and landscapes, especially ponds, flowers and skies. My sky paintings are my idea of how God created Earth with one breath. Every morning and every evening He creates a new sky for us.

I employ vigorous brushwork and texture through the palette knife in my work so that people may experience along with me the "feel" of the painting. I find mosaics fascinating how the individual pieces all contribute to the whole- I want my paintings to have a similar idea where overlapping petals of paint all stand on their own and then contribute to the total.

My work known as "Daubism" is created using a palette knife where each stroke of color is isolated from the others. Most paintings will have hundreds of different colors, these colors are all individually hand-mixed from a limited set of colors creating unique colors which relate to one another. I am striving for a sensual, tactile surface in paint."
"I am always excited when someone connects with my artwork- I am delighted to share a vision of color and beauty with my collectors"- Dena Tollefson



I am an American artist whose bold contemporary paintings focus on joyful use of color, texture and movement, creating a low relief effect in paint- a hybrid between low relief sculpture, mosaic, and traditional painting. Two of my paintings are in the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art's permanent collection. My originals and commissioned work are available exclusively through the fine art galleries across the US who represent my original and commissioned work. Find the list of galleries and licensed prints here www.denatollefson.com

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