Richard Lindenberg
Award-winning California artist Richard Lindenberg came to painting after thirty years as a landscape photographer, using primarily black and white polaroid image transfers on watercolor paper. No wonder he has a way with intriguing compositions.
Shown above is his 16"x12"oil painting Shaded Bluffs, which won the People's Choice Award at the 2012 San Luis Obispo Plein Air Festival.
At left is a 9"x12" oil entitled Barn on Platform Bridge Road, from his book of more than 70 recent paintings is entitled Local Land.
He is a member of the California Art Club, the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association and the American Impressionist Society. He also works for PleinAir magazine as their marketing manager.
"Painting is a friend that always brings me great joy and peace. I paint primarily because it constantly allows me to open my heart. The little moments looking out a car window at an extraordinary sight, or seeing the way a strip of late afternoon light streaks across the meadow. If my paintings can allow the viewer access into a world that is always present, but often taken for granted… then I have contributed something."
At right is a 12"x9" nocturne entitled Moonlit Cypress.
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