Focal Point: Greg LaRock
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The Artist Says:
"Making it look realistic, yet having a completely loose, painterly feel is the ultimate goal in a successful painting" – Greg LaRock
Artwork by Greg LaRock
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Recent Blog Posts by Greg LaRock
Posted on 11/25/2008 1:37:45 PM
Other Web Pages With Info About Greg LaRock
Greg LaRock's Main Artist Website
Art Galleries Representing Greg LaRock
McKibben Studios
Corona del Mar, California - 888 625-4223
Rainey Fine Art Gallery
Newport Beach, CA - 949 673-1382
South Street Gallery
Easton, Maryland - 410-770-8350
Overview
Click Here to go to the website for artist Greg LaRockBiography
Education* Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing & Painting, 1988
Long Beach State University, Long Beach, California
Professional Affiliations
* California Art Club
* Laguna Plein-Air Painters Association
* National Academy of Professional Plein Air Painters * Oil Painters of America
* Southern California Plein Air Painters Association
Upon graduating CSULB, Greg LaRock went on to establish his own graphic design business for the next 17 years. Several years ago Greg decided to rekindle his love for figure and landscape painting and the pursuit of plein air. "Creating three-dimensionality on canvas is a challenging, life-long pursuit. I aspire to capture the essence of the world on location through composition, by simplifying nature's beauty, depicting her subtle changes in color, light and shadow … and doing it all with paint."
As a member of several plein air groups, you'll regularly find him capturing the light of the Southern California landscape, "Any excuse to get outside and I'm there."
Greg LaRock won the first place/grand prize at the 2008 Easton Plein Air event in Maryland. He also was awarded the first place, $5000 purchase prize for the Newport Bay Naturalist 2008 Mural Competition in California. Greg has been juried into the Oil Painters of America national show, awarded a "Jury's Top 50" at the Greenhouse Gallery's Salon International, was an invited artist to LPAPA's 8th and 10th Annual Plein Air Invitational, featured in Southwest Art's "Artist to Watch" column in November, 2006 and was included in Jack Richeson Fine Art Series book "Plein Air New Mexico." He lives in Newport Beach, California with his wife and their two basenjis.
AWARDS
Third Place: Newport Harbor Nautical Museum Plein Air Show, CA, 2008
First Place/Grand Prize: Easton Plein Air, 2008
Best Use of Light: Easton Plein Air, 2008
First Place: Newport Bay Mural Competition, 2008
Honorable Mention: LPAPA`s The Best of Plein Air, 2008
Honorable Mention: CCA "Coastal Splendor" Plein Air Invitational, 2007
Second Place: Paint San Clemente - Quick Draw, 2007
Second Place: Paint San Clemente, 2007
Honorable Mention: LPAPA`s The Best of Plein Air, 2007
Honorable Mention: Socalpapa`s Painting the Calif Landscape, 2007
Honorable Mention: Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational, 2007
Third Place: LPAPA`s Less is More Miniature Show, 2006
Honorable Mention: Bower`s Plein Air Invitational, 2006
First Place: Paint San Clemente - Quick Draw, 2006
Third Place: Paint San Clemente, 2006
Jury`s Top Fifty: Salon International, 2006
Artist`s Choice: Socalpapa`s Painting the Calif Landscape, 2006
Honorable Mention: LPAPA`s The Best of Plein Air, 2006
2nd Place: Huntington Beach Plein Air Festival, 2005
Honorable Mention: Bower`s Plein Air Invitational, 2005
Honorable Mention: Paint San Clemente - Quick Draw, 2005
Honorable Mention: Paint San Clemente, 2005
2nd Place: Spring Orange County Arts Exhibition, 2005
Upcoming Events and Exhibits
Upcoming Workshops
Workshop/Mentoring in Tuscany, Italy 2009(2095)
Tuscany overlooking the city of Siena
5/30/2009-6/6/2009
Come paint in the beautiful rolling hills of Tuscany!
You will be immersed in the heart of Italy with a wide range of subject matter from scenic old villages, fields of flowers and the rolling landscape of vineyards and small town Italian life. Instruction /mentor with Greg LaRock. We will focus on the importance of simplicity, pinning down a focal point, understanding composition, getting your values to work for you, creating depth and atmosphere and the importance of edges. All paintings will be done en Plein Air. Daily activities include: demos by Greg, personalized instruction, day trips to Siena and the surrounding countryside, nightly critiques, plus free time to simply paint on your own, explore and enjoy yourself.
Earlier Registration Discount!
Sign up by December 31st for $1,995 p/p
(After 1/1/09 price is $2,095)
PRICE INCLUDES:
• Shared double room in country villa, shared bathrooms
($350 p/p supplement for ensuite bathroom or single room-limited availability)
• Daily traditional breakfast and dinner, including wine
• Instruction/mentoring by Greg LaRock
• Daily plein air excursions
• Excursion to Siena
• 1/2day excursion to nearby hilltown (Monteriggioni, Radda, Volpaia…)
• Pick up from Florence train station at 3:30pm on arrival Saturday
• Transfer to bus/train station in Siena on final day
(Does Not Include: Airfare, lunches, art supplies, local bus transportation, independent meals/sight-seeing)
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More 2009 Workshops
Posted By the End of January
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Greg recommends ARTWORK ESSENTIALS
for your plein air equipment.
Il Chiostro Workshops(info@ilchiostro.com)
Other Web Pages that Greg LaRock Recommends you visit
(These pages are not necessarily about Greg LaRock)
Anderson & Sons Art Products
Artwork Essentials
California Art Club
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
National Academy of Professional Plein Air Painters
Oil Painters of America
Southern California Plein Air Painters Association
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