long workday's journey into night

[gurdonark]

I felt so busy at work today, despite going in very early and leaving very late. A great deal got done, but I have much more to do. I guess that the nice thing about being busy is that one can only look at the tasks ahead. No worries about what this means or that means--there are deadlines to meet and tactics to plot. I'll bet the big picture is hanging in a Holiday Inn, and it is kinda plein air.

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[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

plein air

Okay, that's the second time I've seen that term today. What's it mean?

(yeah, I could just go to dictionary.com or google it, but making you do all my work for me this is more fun.)

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

The plein air artists were most prominent in the decades just before and during ww II. They saw what the post-impressionists had done with light in nature pix, and decided to use local light (usually the CA mediterranean sun) to create similar effects,with a very US flavor.
Plein air tends to be a good watch, landscapes in which the 'scape itself is less important than the light in which it is presented.