Jeanne Plekon Bio
I am a painter of landscapes and local scenery in the Hudson Valley in New York and in southern California. Most of my paintings are done 'en plein air’ - meaning ‘out doors,’ so a hat, umbrella, bug spray and sunscreen are essential equipment when I paint. I retreat to the comfort of my small studio to put finishing touches and my signature on paintings, and occasionally have painted entirely from a photograph.
After graduating college with a double major in studio art and art history, I earned a Masters in Art History and Museum Studies from the Williams College-Clark Art Institute. At Columbia University I completed all but my dissertation for the PhD, and focussed on landscape painting in the 18th and 19th centuries. This study was foundational for my current pursuits, though between then and now, life had other plans for me. Creating art was my orientation from the start, and now - after a 35 year hiatus in the corporate world - I am back at it. To help develop my art, I have studied with John C. Traynor in New Hampshire, Saim Caglayan in Borrego Springs, CA, Kate McGloughlin in Woodstock, NY, and Bill Galen, from Santa Fe.
I paint as often as possible, often with the Lower Hudson Valley Plein Air Painters, the San Diego Plein Air Painters and the Borrego Springs Plein Air Painters. I exhibit in the ArtEast (Dutchess County, NY) Open Studio Tour, the Pawling Farmers Market, and at various informal art shows in New England, and in California at the Borrego Art Institute, at the community arts festival called ‘The Circle of Art,’ and at the Borrego Soroptimists Art Studio Tour.
I have painted many ‘house portraits,’ often for families who are selling a long-time home and relocating, who want a painting to help remember the home and good-times. Contact me if you are interested. Images of the house portraits are available on my website.
2020: Second Prize, Fallbrook, CA, Grand Traditions Paint Out
2019: Honorable mention, Fallbrook, CA, Grand Traditions Paint Out
2018: Third Prize in Oil Painting at the Cortland (NY) Wine and Art Festival.
www.jeanneplekon.com
jplekon@yahoo.com
845-702-6974
Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library with Arts on the Lake
Betsy’s Meadow at Dawn
9” x 12”
Oil on canvas panel
$300
Carey Cottage, Portsmouth NH
11” x 14”
Oil on canvas panel
$425
Akin Library
10” x 8”
Oil on canvas panel
$250
Pawling Baptist Church
12” x 9”
Oil on canvas panel
$300
Goose Island at Ray’s Lake
12” x 9”
Oil on canvas panel
$300
View from Burger Hill, Rhinebeck NY
12” x 16”
Oil on canvas panel
$525
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