Maryhill Museum's Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2023
I've been juried into the Show! The painting festivities begin Monday April 24 in the Columbia River Gorge in the Pacific Northwest. The...
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Views From My Artistic Vantage Point
Overlooking Yellowstone National Park On The Yellowstone River
- by Shirl Ireland -
Full Moon & Election Day...
Always remember we are under the same sky, looking at the same moon. - Maxine Lee
It's OUT!! Have a listen...
I worked on a program over the summer that has been completed, edited and now aired (!!) on BBC Radio... Yellowstone - The Art of...
Autumn Delights
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each. ...
Detour . . .
After the floods - this is what remained of the Gardiner to Mammoth Road in Yellowstone National Park. PHEW! It has been quite the summer...
Bozeman Art Museum exhibit...
The Bozeman Art Museum’s upcoming exhibition - A celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Yellowstone National Park - runs April 29 to...
Hope + Freedom = Birds
I started a blog post early this week about bird paintings, including some of mine and some of my favorites from art history. I was going...
I'm 'on news stands near you' NOW...
Plein Air Magazine February/March 2022 issue... Check it out! Here's a preview... But if you want to see some of my work and thoughts ‘in...
What an experience for an artist!
An experience I need to share with you… I had the opportunity to visit Rosa Bonheur’s Chateau in the Loire Valley of France - her past...
1 Weekend, 2 Seasons, 3 Moose & 999 Bison
This weekend, I got to paint autumn on Saturday - and SNOW on Sunday! AND the wildlife were particularly cooperative. I had a HUGE line...
A BIG Surprise!
I paint a lot outside. You could argue that I may be 'addicted' and I may agree. What began as a way to learn painting in a deeper way...
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working."
I agree. A wise quote from Pablo Picasso. From my experience, I find inspiration in the doing not in the sitting around and waiting for...
Shine Your Light
Shine Your Light plein air oil 9" x 12" by Shirl Ireland My ‘light' has always been creative and artistic. No doubt about it. At...
My pep talk - for me as much as you!
It has sure been a wild ride for so many of us lately, in so many different ways. I can feel a collective weariness that seeps into just...
"First" Western Plein Air Female Artist
Abby and her children at their camp in Yellowstone c. 1905 Well depending on your criteria, "the first" could be argued, but in that...
Bold & Baroque
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 - 1653) Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Artmesia Gentileschi c. 1616 Oil (The...
Our first modern day professional Artist & Mother...
Lavinia Fontana Born August 24, 1552 in Bologna Italy - Died August 11, 1614 in Rome Self-Portrait in the Studiolo by Lavinia Fontana c....
Artistic Trailblazer of the Italian Renaissance
Self - Portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola c. 1554 SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA (1532–1625) Sofonisba Anguissola is considered the first great...
Women in Art History
An Uphill Battle by Shirl Ireland 6" x 6" Oil on panel Considering that the beginning of the modern era of Art is around the fifteen...
Percolating . . .
Percolating by Shirl Ireland 9" x 12" Plein Air Oil on linen I have been thinking a lot about what I can contribute here....
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