“A Journey, Not a Destination; the importance of painting from life” - Jan Norsetter Plein Air Painter

Unlike painting from photographs the amount of information available when painting from life is nearly unlimited. Being present at the scene, influenced by weather, sounds, and changing light allows the artist the freedom to interpret all that information as an impression of that specific moment in time. Do you want to show your viewer the importance of what you see and feel or do you want to recreate a photograph?