Plein Air
see also "studio landscapes"

These pieces are completed on site, necessitating a looser, more spontaneous style. What is lost in the ability to "fine-tune" over time in the studio is made up for by the full sensory involvement of the moment. To see a collection of small pieces at a very affordable price, go to miniatures and color studies.

archives (sold work)


Here are two small plein air paintings completed at the Hameau Farm spring art retreat in
Central Pennsylvania in May of 2009. You can learn more about the Hameau retreats here.

Painting by Karl Eric Leitzel

View from Plum Bottom Farm (plein air)
Oil on canvas panel  8" by 10", 2009
$350

Painting by Karl Eric Leitzel

Morning Shadows at Hameau Farm (plein air)
Oil on canvas panel  8" by 10", 2009
$350

 

 


Oil painting, plein air, Harrisburg, Karl Eric Leitzel

Corner Market (plein air)
Corner of Verbeke and N. 3rd, Harrisburg, PA
Oil on panel  11" by 14", 2007
SOLD

Oil painting, plein air, Harrisburg, Karl Eric Leitzel

Shady Sidewalk (plein air)
Near the Broad Street Market, Harrisburg, PA
Oil on panel  8" by 10", 2007
SOLD

These two pieces were done on September 9, 2007 as part of "Paint Midtown", and are available
at the "Rent This Gallery" exhibition by "The Friends of Midtown" at 1417 N. 3rd in Harrisburg. The
event reception is September 21 from 6 until 9 p.m. Plein air works by approximately 16 other artists will
also be on display and available.

 


Painting by Karl Eric Leitzel

Morning Sun Through Snow Flurries (plein air)
Acrylic on canvas   12" by 12", 2006
SOLD

Painting by Karl Eric Leitzel

Spring Farm Study 1- Evening (plein air)
Alkyd oil on panel  12" by 16", 2006
SOLD

 


Painting by Karl Eric Leitzel

Niagara - Horseshoe Falls, Afternoon (plein air)
Alkyd oil on canvas   12" by 16", 2006
SOLD

Painted during the International Plein Air Painter's Paint Out in
Niagara Falls, Ontario, on September 8 and 9, 2006. Thirty one painters
from the U.S. and Canada gathered to paint and socialize, much to the
delight of visitors to the falls.


 

     
     

Painting by Karl Eric Leitzel

Canyon de Chelly Afternoon (plein air)
Alkyd oil on panel  12" by 16"
2006
Framed $500

 

Painting by Karl Eric Leitzel- Dames' Rockets

Dames' Rockets Along a Forest Path
Alkyd oil on panel  12" by 9"
2006
SOLD
Accepted for AIS National Show, May 2007, Chicago

 

Painting by Karl Eric Leitzel

Winter Sunrise Study
Alkyd oil on panel  12" by 16"
2006
SOLD

Location along Penns Cave Road, Centre County, Pennsylvania

   

 

 

     

 

 


 

Contact the artist at karl@keleitzel.com

page last updated 5/18/09