Kneeland Gallery Exhibition and Artists' Reception in Sun Valley, Idaho
MARK GIBSON, LORI MCNEE, CALEB MEYER
Exhibition: December 14th – January 27th
Artists' Reception: Friday December 30th, 5-7.30pm
Come meet the artists on Friday. December 30th, 5-7:30pm at Kneeland Gallery during the world famous Sun Valley Gallery Walk! 'Tis the most festive time of year in magical Sun Valley.
Hope to see you there! ~Lori
Plein Air Painting Retreat in Harriman State Park, Idaho
Plein Air Painting Retreat in Harriman State Park, Idaho
July 17 - 22, 2022
Join Lori McNee and escape into beautiful Harriman State Park, Idaho for a weeklong painting retreat. This is a stay & play retreat rather than a formal workshop. Lori will be leading this unique retreat which will focus on fellow artists painting together and sharing the unique experience of creating art on location, en plein air. There will be daily painting sessions happening within a short walk from your cabin. Plus, there is an optional art show and sale available at the end of your stay!
Located on the Henry's Fork of the Snake River, Harriman Park is less than 40 miles from Yellowstone National Park. This area is teaming with wildlife, world class fishing, breathtaking vistas and rustic Idaho charm. 🤠 Lodging and meals are included.
For more details CLICK HERE.
A CHANCE TO SELL YOUR PAINTINGS!
This official retreat is from Sunday, July 17, 4:00 p.m. - Friday, July 22, 11:00 a.m. with an invite to participate in Friday & Saturday's art show & sale during Harriman Heritage Days. This is your chance to sell the paintings you completed during the retreat. You will receive free lodging Friday & Saturday night courtesy of Harriman State Park. No commission is taken. We provide the booth and the display easels which hold paintings 11 x 14 and larger. You will want to bring frames for your plein air paintings. There will be a table for your mini masterpieces which do not need to be framed.
CLICK HERE to discover more or sign up for this special painting retreat & art sale.
Hope to see you here in Idaho!
A Sneak Peek - Lori's Latest Oil Paintings
Here's a sneak peek at my latest oil paintings which are on exhibit at Kneeland Gallery in Sun Valley, Idaho.
All in all, I painted 20 new oil paintings ranging from 48 x 24 inches down to 8 x 8 inches with a variety of subject matter. You will find magical and unique still life paintings with beautiful birds, as well as luminous studio landscapes, some with wildlife, and a few plein air paintings.
I hope you enjoy viewing my paintings via the Instagram post below. My work looks extra special when displayed on the walls of elegant Kneeland Gallery.
Plein Air Painting in Sun Valley, Idaho with Lori McNee & Royal Talens NA, August 2020
Landscape painters!
I’m thrilled to announce a very special summer plein air painting workshop in my own beautiful hometown, Sun Valley, Idaho!
AUGUST 17-21, 2020
Join my sponsors, Royal Talens North America and me, for a week of plein air painting in the majestic Idaho Rocky Mountains.
Royal Talens North America has generously offered to co-host this special workshop and they will also be attending! "Home base" will be at my newly built art studio and the spectacular Sun Valley area, I am excited to share it with you.
"Last Light" 60x40
oil on canvas
Open to all levels, we have a fun-filled, informative week planned ahead. Traditional oil, water-mixable oil, acrylic and gouache painters are welcome. I will be painting with Cobra solvent-free oils. This will be a great time to try "Solvent-free with Lori McNee!" (Click here to find out more about me, Lori McNee)
Reserve your spot now! BUY NOW $350 Non-Refundable deposit.
Some of the things YOU WILL LEARN:
- 5 days filled with studio & outdoor instruction and demonstrations.
- How to organize your painting palette.
- The benefits of a limited palette.
- Understanding a split-primary palette.
- How to create thumbnail sketches and value studies.
- How to mix beautiful colors.
- How to build a successful painting with strong design and composition.
- How to develop the point of interest in your painting.
- The use of edges, interesting brushwork and texture.
- How to create atmosphere and mood in your paintings.
- The interplay between warm and cool colors.
- The pros and cons of using reference photos.
- And more!
Each day, I will guide you through simplified steps to create a successful landscape painting. You will be taught an approach that will help you create your own successful paintings.
DAILY ITINERARY (subject to change)
Monday
- 9AM Morning Breakfast Reception at Lori's Studio
- 10AM Classroom Instruction
- 12:30PM Box Lunch Provided
- 1:30-5PM Painting Excursion to one of Sun Valley's iconic areas
- 7PM Pizza Dinner at Lori's House
Tuesday
- All Day Painting Field Trip to Redfish Lake and Stanley, Idaho
- NOON Lunch Dutch Treat
- 5PM Return to Sun Valley
- Free Evening
- Optional Evening Painting
Wednesday
- 9AM - 1PM Painting Excursion
- 1PM Lunch Break/Free Time
- 3PM Sun Valley Association Gallery Tour with Lori (visit our world class art galleries!)
- 5PM - 6:30PM Private Reception at Kneeland Gallery (hors d'oeuvres and cocktails provided)
- Free Evening
- Optional Evening Painting
Thursday
- 9AM All Day Painting Excursion to a beautiful location near Sun Valley
- NOON Box Lunch Provided
- 4PM Return to SV
- Break
- 7PM Dinner BBQ at Lori’s
Friday
- 9AM - 2PM Painting Excursion Half Day near Sun Valley
- 2PM Break
- 7PM Royal Talens North America Farewell Dinner (TBD)
Please click the images below to enlarge the beautiful photos of the Sun Valley area...
*Sun Valley, Idaho is a famous resort town, “Where the winters bring you and the summers keep you!” The name is Sun Valley for a good reason. We have an average of 250 days of sunshine a year! Most people associate “Sun Valley” with world-class skiing, but summer is our best kept secret! Lonely Planet calls Sun Valley, Idaho an idyllic playground, a “rugged land of crenelated mountains, and cascading rives that harbors more wilderness than anywhere in the Lower 48.”
I look forward to showing your around my Sun Valley Idahome! ~Lori
Cost: $675 per person (Please read Terms & Conditions)
Non-Refundable deposit:$350
Cost: $575 for returning students who have joined me on an International workshop
Balance of $325 due: May 15, 2020
Reserve your spot now! Limited space is available. (Your deposit affirms your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions) Questions? email lori@lorimcnee.com
*Travel Logistics:
- Airfare NOT included.
- Airport Options:
- Friedman Memorial Airport in Sun Valley (nonstop flights on Delta, United & Alaska)
- Twin Falls Airport (1.5 hours drive to Sun Valley)
- Boise Airport (2.5 hours to Sun Valley)
- Car rentals available at the Sun Valley airport
- Lodging Suggestions: (all within a few miles from my home.)
- Tamarack Lodge: offering us a 25% discount rate
- Best Western Kentwood Lodge: offering us a 10% discount rate
- Best Western Tyrolean Lodge
- Sun Valley Resort Lodge & Inn: an upper end experience!
- Camping is available in the Sun Valley area.
Questions? email lori@lorimcnee.com
A few testimonials:
"Lori is a great teacher and gives every student individual attention. She’s so good at bringing out each painters personal style.
I highly advise signing up early because her past students might fill up next years workshops before anyone else get a chance lol." Romona Youngquist
"I honestly could not have imagined a better beginning to my learning to oil paint journey! Lori is a wonderful talent and wonderfully passionate about painting! More importantly her enthusiastic, positive teaching style and her wonderful communication skills create such a great learning/growing painting environment for all skill levels! highly recommend the experience and certainly hope to attend many more of Lori’s workshops in my plein air painting future!" Chris Staurovsky
"Lori is a gracious and talented teacher who shares everything she knows. This has been a life changing experience.” ~Harmony Kellogg
“The most incredible workshop class I have ever taken! I have learned so much including composition and value. Every minute of this trip was enjoyable.” ~Linda Thompson
Landscape Painting Workshop in Sun Valley, Idaho with Lori McNee & Royal Talens NA
Plein air landscape painters, I’m so excited to announce a very special summer plein air painting workshop in my own beautiful hometown, Sun Valley, Idaho!
"Last Light" 60x40
oil on canvas
AUGUST 17-21, 2020
Join my amazing sponsors, Royal Talens North America and me, for a week of plein air painting in the majestic Idaho Rocky Mountains.
Royal Talens North America has generously offered to co-host this special 5 day workshop and they will also be attending! "Home base" will be at my newly built art studio and the surrounding Sun Valley area. I am thrilled to share it with you. (Click here to read about me, Lori McNee)
Open to all levels, we have a fun-filled, informative week planned ahead. Traditional oil, water-mixable oil, acrylic and gouache painters are welcome. I will be painting with Cobra solvent-free oils. This would be a great time for you to try, "Solvent-free with Lori McNee!"
Reserve your spot now! BUY NOW $350 Non-Refundable deposit.
Each day, I will guide you through simplified steps to create a successful landscape painting. You will be taught an approach that will help you create your own successful paintings.
Here are some of the things YOU WILL LEARN:
- 5 days filled with studio & outdoor instruction and demonstrations.
- How to organize your painting palette.
- The benefits of a limited palette.
- Understanding a split-primary palette.
- How to create thumbnail sketches and value studies.
- How to mix beautiful colors.
- How to build a successful painting with strong design and composition.
- How to develop the point of interest in your painting.
- The use of edges, interesting brushwork and texture.
- How to create atmosphere and mood in your paintings.
- The interplay between warm and cool colors.
- The pros and cons of using reference photos.
- And more!
DAILY ITINERARY (subject to change)
Monday
- 9AM Morning Breakfast Reception at Lori's Studio
- 10AM Classroom Instruction
- 12:30PM Box Lunch Provided
- 1:30-5PM Painting Excursion to one of Sun Valley's iconic areas
- 7PM Pizza Dinner at Lori's House
Tuesday
- All Day Painting Field Trip to Redfish Lake and Stanley, Idaho
- NOON Lunch Dutch Treat
- 5PM Return to Sun Valley
- Free Evening
- Optional Evening Painting
Wednesday
- 9AM - 1PM Painting Excursion
- 1PM Lunch Break/Free Time
- 3PM Sun Valley Association Gallery Tour with Lori (visit our world class art galleries!)
- 5PM - 6:30PM Private Reception at Kneeland Gallery (hors d'oeuvres and cocktails provided)
- Free Evening
- Optional Evening Painting
Thursday
- 9AM All Day Painting Excursion to a beautiful location near Sun Valley
- NOON Box Lunch Provided
- 4PM Return to SV
- Break
- 7PM Dinner BBQ at Lori’s
Friday
- 9AM - 2PM Painting Excursion Half Day near Sun Valley
- 2PM Break
- 7PM Royal Talens North America Farewell Dinner (TBD)
Please click the images below to enlarge the beautiful photos of the Sun Valley area...
*Sun Valley, Idaho is a famous resort town, “Where the winters bring you and the summers keep you!” The name is Sun Valley for a good reason. We have an average of 250 days of sunshine a year! Most people associate “Sun Valley” with world-class skiing, but summer is our best kept secret! Lonely Planet calls Sun Valley, Idaho an idyllic playground, a “rugged land of crenelated mountains, and cascading rives that harbors more wilderness than anywhere in the Lower 48.”
I look forward to showing your around my Sun Valley Idahome! ~Lori
Cost: $675 per person (Please read Terms & Conditions)
Non-Refundable deposit:$350
Cost: $575 for returning students who have joined me on an International workshop
Balance due of $325: May 15, 2020
Reserve your spot now! Limited space is available. (Your deposit affirms your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions) Questions? email lori@lorimcnee.com
*Travel Logistics:
- Airfare NOT included
- Airport Options:
- Friedman Memorial Airport in Sun Valley (nonstop flights on Delta, United & Alaska)
- Twin Falls Airport (1.5 hours drive to Sun Valley)
- Boise Airport (2.5 hours to Sun Valley)
- Car rentals available at the Sun Valley airport
- Lodging Suggestions: (all within a few miles from my home.)
- Tamarack Lodge: offering us a 25% discount rate
- Best Western Kentwood Lodge: offering us a 10% discount rate
- Best Western Tyrolean Lodge
- Sun Valley Resort Lodge & Inn: an upper end experience!
- Camping is available in the Sun Valley area.
Questions? email lori@lorimcnee.com
A few testimonials:
"Lori is a great teacher and gives every student individual attention. She’s so good at bringing out each painters personal style.
I highly advise signing up early because her past students might fill up next years workshops before anyone else get a chance lol." Romona Youngquist
"I honestly could not have imagined a better beginning to my learning to oil paint journey! Lori is a wonderful talent and wonderfully passionate about painting! More importantly her enthusiastic, positive teaching style and her wonderful communication skills create such a great learning/growing painting environment for all skill levels! highly recommend the experience and certainly hope to attend many more of Lori’s workshops in my plein air painting future!" Chris Staurovsky
"Lori is a gracious and talented teacher who shares everything she knows. This has been a life changing experience.” ~Harmony Kellogg
“The most incredible workshop class I have ever taken! I have learned so much including composition and value. Every minute of this trip was enjoyable.” ~Linda Thompson
Plein Air Painting Along the Big Wood River in Idaho
Recently, I spent a beautiful, summer day of plein air painting along the world famous Big Wood River in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Scroll down below for a quick little Instagram video of my plein air painting set-up. Plein air painting is a term for painting outside in the fresh air. When painting outside, the artist must work quickly because the light and weather changes quickly. I like to keep my supplies down to a minimum. It's important for me to use a lightweight, yet stable pochade box which is a portable easel.
I have quite a few different pochade box easels. But for this day, I chose my handy and hardy Strada Easel. This easel is a favorite and was the perfect choice for quickly setting up and painting along the Big Wood River. You can read my review here > On The Go With Strada Easel
To make my outdoor painting life even more simple, I always paint with Cobra solvent-free oils, water mixable paints! On this day, I even used the water directly from the Big Wood River! I like to infuse my plein air paintings with the local water.
People often ask me what supplies I use. So here's the answer! This little painting was painted on Fredrix linen with the Aspen brushes I helped develop with Princeton Brush Company!
I hope you enjoy seeing my beautiful Idaho plein air painting day...
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0l_X8hnNLe/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
I'm Nominated for Tech Icon Awards and I'd Love Your Vote!
Friends, I've been nominated for the Eye on Sun Valley Tech Icon Awards. For me, this is a BIG honor in my small community and I'd be grateful for your vote.
Eye on Sun Valley is a local media provider which brings Daily • Local • News based in Sun Valley, Idaho where I live.
I've been nominated in the following categories:
Click here to vote > http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07eflu4sirjkmw8gyn/start
Besides being a full time professional artist, I've been blogging and using social media for years where I share my art tips, marketing and social media advice to the professional and aspiring artist.
Because of this, I have been considered a 'social media influencer' in my field for nearly ten years. I've even written books and made DVDs to help others.
You can learn more about me (Lori McNee) here > Meet Lori of Fine Art Tips. Or you can watch the recent interview of me on Eye on Sun Valley.
Thank you so much for your consideration and for your continued support! ~Lori :)
Click here to vote > http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07eflu4sirjkmw8gyn/start
Landscape Painting Workshop in Sun Valley, Idaho with Lori McNee
Please join me for my Landscape Painting Workshop in beautiful Sun Valley, Idaho with Lori McNee: July 31 - August 1, 2017. Hosted by Kneeland Gallery 26th Annual Plein Air Exhibition.
"With plenty of one-on-one attention, I will help you discover how to cultivate familiar and habitual techniques while allowing room for your own artistic inspiration and individuality.You will not be taught a formula, but rather an approach that will help you create your own successful paintings.The objective of this workshop is to have fun, relax, come with an open mind, and a willingness to try new things.Oil and Acrylic painters welcome. I will also teaching the benefits of water-mixable oils!" ~Lori :)July 31 - August 1, 20172 Day Workshop, 9am-2pm: $300Contact Kneeland Gallery to enroll (208) 726-5512
I'm not saying Sun Valley has special powers, but a lot of magical things do happen here in my hometown, Sun Valley. The sun is almost always out and there is a lot to do an see in this Old West mining town turned destination resort! For more information about the fun things to do in Sun Valley, please follow this link.
Here's a bit of information about me:
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2012 Autumn Plein Air Painting & Social Media Workshop with Lori McNee
SOLD OUT!
Announcing! Autumn Plein Air Painting & Social Media Workshop with Lori McNee
October 3, 4, 5, 2012 (9AM - 4PM daily)
Location: Sun Valley, Idaho
Sponsored by Fine Art Tips and Royal Talens
*This workshop is limited to 12 people worldwide. Normally this workshop would cost $450, but because of the short notice this workshop is only $350
Join internationally acclaimed artist, Lori McNee for a special 3-day plein air landscape painting workshop. Using her art studio as home-base, paint on location with Lori in beautiful Sun Valley, Idaho, and discover why Ernest Hemingway loved it here…
On a warm autumn day in 1939, Ernest Hemingway stood in the Sun Valley Cemetery and methodically read aloud a eulogy for his friend, a publicist for the Sun Valley Resort. Many believed this to be one of Hemingway’s finest works of prose.
“He loved the warm sun of summer and the high mountain meadows, the trails through the timber and the sudden clear blue of the lakes. He loved the hills in the winter when the snow comes,” Hemingway said. “Best of all he loved the fall … the fall with the tawny and grey, the leaves yellow on the cottonwoods, leaves floating on the trout streams and above the hills the high blue windless skies. He loved to shoot, he loved to ride and he loved to fish.”
Much like the alps, Sun Valley, Idaho is nestled below its famous ski mountain, Bald Mountain. In October, the days are warm, nights are cool, it's our favorite time of year. To read more about autumn in Sun Valley, please read Sunset Magazine's article, "Sun Valley's Golden Season".
Surrounded by magical autumn colors and fellow artists, this informative workshop will balance classroom instruction, painting in the field, demonstrations, personalized critiques, and as a bonus, Lori will share her social media secrets.
You will learn:
- How to compose and design a successful outdoor painting
- The importance of value and tone
- How to use warm and cool colors to strengthen your paintings
- The importance of edges
- How to mix believable landscape color, and greens!
- How to add light and atmosphere to your paintings
- Some mixed media techniques
- How to use your plein air study and reference photos to create a successful studio landscape painting.
- Tips to use water-soluble Cobra oil paints by Royal Talens (Lori is a proud ambassador for Royal Talens worldwide)
…and much more!
During this workshop, Lori will teach you her social media branding and marketing tips! Lori is one of the Top 100 Women on Twitter, and the top working-artist in social media. She was named a TwitterPowerhouse by The Huffington Post, has been a talk show host for Plum TV, featured in the Wall Street Journal, many art magazines, and has written for publications including Artist’s Magazine, Artist’s & Graphic Designer’s Market, Photographer’s Market, and Zero to 100,000: Social Media Tips & Tricks for Small Businesses.
You will learn:
- How to drive traffic to your website or blog
- The benefits of using social media
- How tweet and what to tweet
- How to effectively use Facebook to boost your art business
- Branding and marketing tips using Youtube, Google Plus, Pinterest
- Blogging tips for artists
…and much more!
This workshop is open to painters of all levels. Oil paint, or water-soluble oil paint is recommended, but acrylic is acceptable. I will be sending a supply list.
*This workshop is limited to 12 people worldwide. Normally this workshop would cost $450, but because of the short notice this workshop is only $350.
Sign Up Below: If you are interested in taking your art and art business to the next level, sign up now by clicking the BUY IT NOW button. Or, mail a money order or cashier's check for the amount of $350 to...Lori McNee artist, PO Box 10098, Ketchum, ID 8334o
Accommodations: There are many lodging choices, but I do have a block of rooms reserved at the Best Western Tyrolean Lodge:
http://bestwesternidaho.com/hotels/best-western-tyrolean-lodge
Queen non smoking room @ $89.00 per night plus 10% tax
Double Queen Room contains 2 queen beds in room @ $99.00 per night plus 10% tax
Click here for more lodging options.
Got questions? Email Lori, lori@lorimcnee.com
Hope to see you there,
Lori :)
When Art and Gardening Meet
Art and gardening are two of my favorite things...add in photography, and I have the perfect day!
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to visit, and paint an amazing garden at my friend's private estate during the Kneeland Gallery Plein Air Event. I thought you might enjoy seeing my photos of this exceptional high altitude gardening.
Jane, the estate owner/gardener also happens to be a talented artisan. A weaver by trade, Jane has woven a beautiful tapestry of color with perennial flowers, interesting trees, and garden sculptures with a bit of whimsy.
Before I began to paint, I wandered the extensive gardens in search of the perfect place to create on a hot August day. The grounds were filled with meandering streams that led to lily ponds amidst colorful flower beds.
High altitude or 'alpine' gardening can be challenging, but rewarding. The growing season is short, but the colors are extra brilliant in the bright sun where the air is clear and clean.
Jane's large vegetable garden is fit for a queen, complete with an old wrought iron fence to keep out the local deer, elk and moose.
The entrance to the enormous greenhouse is flanked by hydrangeas and weeping birch trees. Jane and her husband enjoy entertaining guests to candlelit dinners inside their greenhouse during the snowy winter months.
With her unique flare for detail, Jane lines the base of her outdoor table with wreaths of begonias!
While dining outside, guests can relax to the tranquil sounds of the many garden fountains...
A Deborah Butterfield horse sculpture shares the grand entrance to estate with a golf cart and mini tractor.
After touring the art and gardening, I finally settled upon a nice shady spot near the edge of an ornamental lily pond.
Somewhat overwhelmed by all the beautiful choices, I decided to paint an intimate scene of a water lily.
For me, this day will be a wonderful memory of summer that will help keep me warm during the l o n g , cold, Idaho winter! I hope you enjoyed the garden tour.
**PS. Let’s meet on Twitter, and on Google Plus, Pinterest, and join in the fun at Fine Art Tips Facebook Fan Page! Please checkout my art too LoriMcNee.com, or find me on Instagram lorimcneeartist. ~Lori