Keeping Up to Date

Wow it's getting harder to find the time to post everywhere and let everyone know where and what is happening.  I really think that my twitter feed is the one that gets all my posts from all different sources https://twitter.com/alex_schaefer

I'm excited for an article that is just coming out in the Dec/Jan 2014 issue of Plein Air Magazine http://www.pleinairmagazine.com/ about me and my painting and it doesn't look away from the controversial and protest aspect to my work as well as the plein air painting.  It's a great read, and I heard that it's already causing advertisers to pull out.  Nothing like a little controversy, especially since nothing has really gotten any better regarding the fundamentals that get me out protesting to begin with!  I also love that it gets into some good nuts and bolts about painting and how I work.  Look for it on newsstands.

The Road Trip

We finished the road trip and it was epic.  The first mission of what we want to be many more.  It feels like media overload and I did not update my blog at all instead posting through instagram and facebook

So find us there:
Instagram @alex_schaefer_7 and @alexandchrispaint

And facebook.com/alex.schaefer.7 and facebook.com/alexandchrisshow

If you look in the sidebar to the right you will see in Instagram photo grid so you can see more images from Instagram right away!

In the meantime above you can seeis a photo collage that is just a visual tip of the iceberg

Work in Progress on the Road Trip: Alex and Chris Paint the USA!

Wow the trip planning is going gangbusters.  We have places to stay across the country with old friends and new.  it's amazing!  Luke Homay Lewis reached his crowdfunding goal and has already begun to acquire new audio and video upgrades for the documentation side of things.  It was our first official sponsor Raw Materials rawmaterialsla.com who pushed us to the $900 goal and won themselves a painting from the road trip.   Now with 5 days left on the fundraiser, and wanting to up the ante and get even more better audio/video gear, every bidder who pushes us to a $200 increment past the $900 goal gets a painting from the trip.  At the moment $175 gets you some art history!  :)  What'll it be? Vegas!  the Grand Canyon! Zion!  Arches!   the Rockies! Amber Waves of Grain! The Mississippi River! New Orleans! Austin! Bisbee!  Route 66!

Thank you Raw Materials for sponsoring the trip!
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Alex and Chris Paint the USA!

It's a road trip; an experiment in crowd funding, in living and bartering. Skills and goods for products and services. We're painting America, and trading the fruits of our labor to further our journey! LA to KC to NOLA and back! 3 weeks on the road. 2 painters and a film maker.

Starting November 4th and continuing through November 28th Alex Schaefer and Chris Hernandez along with film make Luke Homay Lewis are embarking on a journey around the country. There will be painting. There will be protest.  There will be adventure. There will be the convivial spirit of America.  Making things and the exchange of goods and ideas. It's a meandering journey with a few major destination goals.

The first is Kansas City where Alex Schaefer is an artist in the group show at the Charlotte Street Foundation titled "We'll Make Out Better Than OK", this exhibition of contemporary artworks addresses everyday and street-level concerns of the economic recession with playfulness, aplomb, and an often bleak sense of humor.  You can find more information at this event link:  http://www.charlottestreet.org/2013/10/well-make-out-better-than-okay/  The only thing I would dispute from the wording of the press release is that I am a "faux" plein air painter...  I think I'm pretty real actually!  ahhahahaha!
The second major destination is New Orleans to rendezvous with friends, enjoy the hospitality and history, teach some plein air painting classes, and paint.

Other than that it's open road.  Wont you join us?  There is a page on facebook where you can stay right up to date: https://www.facebook.com/alexandchrisshow  It's great! A road trip IS happening!  

There is an indiegogo page http://igg.me/at/paintusa/x/5107423 that Luke Homay the videographer set up for contributions to help cover costs for his part of the trip.  Think about this! If everyone who liked the facebook page donated the the cost of one large coffee, we will have exceeded our goal. If they donated the cost of buying us a craft beer in a bar that would be mindblowing!  We hope you'll join us!

Follow us on Instagram as well: #alexandchrispaint
 

the Palace Theatre Nocturne

Like I said below, these days Broadway is amazing all day and all night.  Here's a night time plein air of the Palace and Los Angeles Theatres.  I took two stabs at this and really like how it's turned out! 

The work is on display and for sale at the District Gallery: http://districtgallery.com/

oil on canvas, 24 by 28

the State Theatre on Broadway

Here's how the painting turned out that you can see me working on location a few posts back.  On Broadway and 7th Street, the historic end of Route 66.  I took this to the spot twice...  Broadway is really one of Los Angeles's most beautiful streets.  Everything about it, the light, the angle to the sun, the buildings, the street level all come together, amazing 24/7.  The work is on display and for sale at the District Gallery: http://districtgallery.com/

oil on canvas, 20 by 16

all that blogging

It's amazing that I've been blogging since the end of 2006... almost seven years now!  I feel like for the past few months I've sorta neglected my blog and have been primarily posting on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram.  I feel so far behind posting here that I don't know where to start again so anywhere is fine!

facebook.com/alex.schaefer.7
twitter.com/alex_schaefer
on Instagram I'm: alex_schaefer_7

Here are my other social media contacts, feel free to Friend me! or Follow me!  or Like me!  ahahahaha