For plein air Impressionist painter Judith Feins a passion for studying nature and portraying its beautiful nuances is the force behind her paintings. She paints in oil to recreate the glowing, shimmering qualities of light, color and atmosphere in the California landscape.

“Painting outside is a thrilling experience. The more deeply you look the more the beauty of the landscape reveals itself. I hope others will feel this same pleasure when they view my paintings”. 

Her current exhibit focuses on those moments during the day when glowing light transforms the landscape. For her painting “Morning garden”, Feins woke early and went into her garden at the same time each morning to observe the effect of the sun shining through roses. In “Bridge Glow” she studied how the setting sun was absorbed into the high clouds lighting them against a deepening sky while the water below reflected it’s fire.

Feins studied studio art at Boston University, and archeological illustration at Harvard. She was the primary illustrator of the California Coastal Access Guide. She has exhibited extensively in the Bay Area and shows her work regularly at the Benicia Plein Air Gallery, Valley Art Gallery in Walnut Creek, and the ACCI Gallery in Berkeley. Awards for her paintings include 1st place in the juried statewide exhibit, "Poems without Words, Contemporary California Landscape", Santa Cruz. Additional paintings can be seen on her website.

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