Sneak Peek #7... Plein Air... Plus in Morehead City...

"Bouge Pier, Emerald Isle"... 8x10" oil on canvas by Bernie Rosage Jr.

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Make plans to attend the plein air art exhibit "Plein Air... Plus" in Morehead City this September. I will have 8 paintings in the show and plan to share them as "sneak peeks" here on my blog.

Details about the show... HERE.

Sneak Peek #6 for upcoming plein air show at CA Gallery in Morehead City...

"Across the Marsh"... 6x12" oil on canvas by Bernie Rosage Jr.

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Make plans to attend the plein air art exhibit "Plein Air... Plus" in Morehead City this September. I will have 8 paintings in the show and plan to share them as "sneak peeks" here on my blog.

Details about the show... HERE.

Sneak Peek #5 for Morehead City Plein Air Show.

"The Brock Mill, Trenton, NC"... 8x10" oil on canvas by Bernie Rosage Jr.

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Make plans to attend the plein air art exhibit "Plein Air... Plus" in Morehead City this September. I will have 8 paintings in the show and plan to share them as "sneak peeks" here on my blog.

Details about the show... HERE.

Sneak Peak #4 for upcoming "Plein Air... Plus" Show

"Through the Pines"... 10x8" oil on canvas by Bernie Rosage Jr.

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Make plans to attend the plein air art exhibit "Plein Air... Plus" in Morehead City this September. I will have 8 paintings in the show and plan to share them as "sneak peeks" here on my blog.

Details about the show... HERE.

Sneak Peek #3 for upcoming "Plein Air... Plus" Show

"Tobacco Row #2"... 8x10" acrylic on canvas by Bernie Rosage Jr.

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Make plans to attend the plein air art exhibit "Plein Air... Plus" in Morehead City this September. I will have 8 paintings in the show and plan to share them as "sneak peeks" here on my blog.

Details about the show... HERE.

Painting from life...

This 8x10" acrylic on canvas is from our latest "Brush-ka-teers" session. We always paint from life and take turns bringing the still life. This week Stephen brought crystal glasses... very challenging! Enjoy... plan to launch this one on Etsy soon.

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Sneak Peek #2 for "Plein Air... Plus" Show.

"Dancing Reflections"... 10x8" oil on canvas by Bernie Rosage Jr.

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Make plans to attend the plein air art exhibit "Plein Air... Plus" in Morehead City this September. I will have 8 paintings in the show and plan to share them as "sneak peeks" here on my blog.

Details about the show... HERE.

Sneak Peek #1 for upcoming Plein Air Show in Morehead City

"Carolina Marsh"... 8x10" acrylic on canvas by Bernie Rosage Jr.

This painting was used for the promo postcard.

Make plans to attend the plein air art exhibit "Plein Air... Plus" in Morehead City this September. I will have 8 paintings in the show and plan to share them as "sneak peeks" here on my blog.

Details about the show... HERE.

Irish Landscape by Bernie Rosage Jr available now!

Title: "The Fairy Tree"
Artist: Bernie Rosage Jr.
Size: 24x24" not including frame
Medium and Surface: Oil on Panel (Framed)
Source: photo and imagination

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This original oil painting by Bernie Rosage Jr. is available for purchase at Bernie's online store at etsy.com. Purchasing is fast, secure, and as easy with the click of a button... please visit my Artistic Release Store and check out my work. Click HERE to see details about this painting.

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About this painting:
Ireland is steeped in superstition and folklore that is handed down from generation to generation. Some stories have been in written form since the 8th Century but most originated over 2000 years ago when druids passed on stories orally from one generation to the next. Like the Gaelic language itself many of Ireland's legends have links with those of ancient Celtic races throughout Europe. Irish folklore is rich in tales of fairies, leprechauns, banshees, and other supernatural beings. One such folklore is that of the Fairy Tree. When a lone Hawthorne , Ash, or Oak tree is growing in a field it is best to let it be… it is considered a Fairy Tree. The Fairy Tree is supposed to be a magical gateway into the little folk's world. Some believe the fairies live in the tree; others believe the tree is a door or gateway for the fairies to pass from their realm into our world and then back again at their whim. It is a superstition that if one interfered with such a tree then bad luck would follow because this was the home of the ‘little people’. Some superstitions have deep roots… recently a road was being upgraded to a major highway and one such tree was in the way – so instead of chopping it out – they built the road around it. This is true… Tami and I traveled on the highway that conveniently curved around a lone Hawthorne tree or should I say, “Fairy Tree”.
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Side note: Be sure to look closely at this painting… you never know what you might find. Hint... click on image to enlarge.
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About the "Enchanting Ireland" collection:
Take an artistic journey to the Emerald Isle as seen through the eyes and palette of American Artist, Bernie Rosage Jr. The entire "Enchanting Ireland" collection (39 oil paintings) has been on exhibit in several galleries including The Baysden Gallery and New Bern Artworks Gallery and is now available online. This collection was inspired by a trip Bernie and his wife, Tami, took to Ireland in celebration of their 20th wedding anniversary and their family heritage. The collection is the culmination of 11 months of arduous work… “I thoroughly enjoyed painting this series… with each stroke it felt as if I was still in that special place” states Rosage. He goes on to say, “It is my wish that you (the viewer) get a sense of the beauty and magical quality of the Irish landscape, culture, and her people as you view these works… in short… I hope you too are Enchanted.”
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All paintings are signed originals using artist grade oils on archival surfaces. "Certificate of Authenticity" included.

FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE: Plein Air Art Show in Morehead City, NC

FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE:

WHAT:
"En Plein Air... Plus"... plein air art exhibit.

WHEN:
September 2010; Opening Reception Thursday, September 9, 2010 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM.

WHERE:
Carolina Artist Studio Gallery, Inc.
800 Evans Street
Morehead City, NC
(252) 726-7550

MORE INFO:
Please make plans to attend the Opening Reception for Carolina Artist Studio Gallery's exhibit "En Plein Air... Plus". The exhibit will feature plein air paintings by local artists; Bernie Rosage Jr., Eleanor McArver, Susan Cheatham, George Hunter, Sue Henry, Beth Conley, Mitchell Morton, Anne Ward, and Bob Pittman. The paintings will be displayed in the gallery throughout the entire month of September, 2010. Telephone (252) 726-7550.

Vintage Pocket Watch Still Life by Bernie Rosage Jr. available now!

Title: "Papa's Pocket Watch"
Artist: Bernie Rosage Jr.
Size: 6x8"
Medium and Surface: Oil on linen panel
Source: alla prima from life
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This original oil painting by Bernie Rosage Jr. is available for purchase at Bernie's online store at etsy.com. Purchasing is fast, secure, and as easy with the click of a button... please visit my Artistic Release Store and check out my work. Click HERE to see details about this painting.

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About this painting:
I have a fascination with old pocket watches... maybe it's because they flood my mind with memories of my granddaddy. It is my hope that this small painting does the same for you by generating memories of someone dear to you that used to carry a pocket watch. I painted this small still life from life in the studio and thoroughly enjoyed the time spent doing it.
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This small painting can be easily framed or displayed with a small decorative easel.
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All paintings are signed originals using artist grade oils on archival surfaces. "Certificate of Authenticity" included.

My photo in the Charlotte Observer today...

Thanks to "Google Alerts" I found out that my photo was featured in an article in today's Charlotte Observer newspaper...


Artist Bernie Rosage captures Fort Fisher's haunting beauty. BILL YEAGER, COURTESY OF N.C. DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES

Last chance at Second Saturdays
Somerset Place, a restored plantation, is one of the program choices this weekend.
By Debra Boyette
Debra.boyette@newsobserver.com
Posted: Friday, Aug. 06, 2010

The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources has sponsored Second Saturdays at state historic sites and museums this summer, and the program wraps up Saturday. You'll find music, arts, crafts, re-enactments and more at sites from the mountains to the coast, and a lot of the programming is free.

Read the entire article HERE...

Click HERE to read about my day at Fort Fisher when this photo was taken and see the finished painting...

Ireland Landscape Painting by Bernie Rosage Jr available now!

Title: "Fields of Tipperary"... County Tipperary, Ireland
Artist: Bernie Rosage Jr.
Size: 11x14" not including frame
Medium and Surface: Oil on Stretched Canvas (Framed ~ Gold Plein Air Style Frame)
Source: photo

This original oil painting by Bernie Rosage Jr. is available for purchase at Bernie's online store at etsy.com. Purchasing is fast, secure, and as easy with the click of a button... please visit my Artistic Release Store and check out my work. Click HERE to see details about this painting.

About this painting:
When we think of Ireland, we think of the Emerald Isle, the shamrock, the "Wearing of the Green" and the 37 other almost proverbial shades of green. The landscape of Ireland is unsurpassed in beauty. The Emerald Isle boasts the fact that one can see “40 shades of green” an expression made famous by our own Johnny Cash. After a trip to Ireland it seems “The man in black” was also enchanted… so much that he recorded an album in 1961. The most enduring of Cash's Irish songs is "Forty Shades of Green", including the confession that "most of all I miss a girl in Tipperary town, and most of all I miss her lips as soft as eiderdown".


About the "Enchanting Ireland" collection:
Take an artistic journey to the Emerald Isle as seen through the eyes and palette of American Artist, Bernie Rosage Jr. The entire "Enchanting Ireland" collection (39 oil paintings) has been on exhibit in several galleries including The Baysden Gallery and New Bern Artworks Gallery and is now available online. This collection was inspired by a trip Bernie and his wife, Tami, took to Ireland in celebration of their 20th wedding anniversary and their family heritage. The collection is the culmination of 11 months of arduous work… “I thoroughly enjoyed painting this series… with each stroke it felt as if I was still in that special place” states Rosage. He goes on to say, “It is my wish that you (the viewer) get a sense of the beauty and magical quality of the Irish landscape, culture, and her people as you view these works… in short… I hope you too are Enchanted.”

All paintings are signed originals using artist grade oils on archival surfaces. "Certificate of Authenticity" included.

"Confederate Canteen" by Bernie Rosage Jr. available now!

Title: "Confederate Canteen"
Artist: Bernie Rosage Jr.
Size: 6x6"
Medium and Surface: Oil on linen panel
Source: alla prima from life

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This original oil painting by Bernie Rosage Jr. is available for purchase at Bernie's online store at etsy.com. Purchasing is fast, secure, and as easy with the click of a button... please visit my Artistic Release Store and check out my work. Click HERE to see details about this painting. .
About this painting:
I painted this still life titled "Confederate Canteen" for Confederate Memorial Day which is recognized on May 10th in North Carolina and several other southern states. North Carolina recognizes May 10th as the date because that is the day Stonewall Jackson died... almost all NC troops in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fought in Stonewall's Corps. This replica Confederate drum style canteen was set up in my studio and painted from life. My special tribute to the southern soldier...
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This small painting can be easily framed or displayed with a small decorative easel.

All paintings are signed originals using artist grade oils on archival surfaces. "Certificate of Authenticity" included.

Blue Ridge Landscape by Bernie Rosage Jr. available now!

Title: "Along the Blue Ridge"
Artist: Bernie Rosage Jr.
Size: 8x12"
Medium and Surface: Oil on panel
Date: 2010

This original oil painting by Bernie Rosage Jr. is available for purchase at Bernie's online store at etsy.com. Purchasing is fast, secure, and as easy with the click of a button... please visit my Artistic Release Store and check out my work. Click HERE to see details about this painting.

About this painting:
The Blue Ridge Parkway celebrates it's 75th birthday this year. Scenes like this are too many to count along the famous highway. I never tire of driving it or painting the awesome vistas.

All paintings are signed originals using artist grade oils on archival surfaces. "Certificate of Authenticity" included.

Busy... Busy... Busy...

Busy... Busy... Busy... seems to be my motto of late!

I have been painting like mad to get ready for two upcoming plein air shows. One in September at the Carolina Art Studio and Gallery in Morehead City, NC and the second with OOPS in October at the Baysden Gallery in Jacksonville, NC. I'll share the paintings and details with you just before each show.

I am SO behind posting new paintings for sale on etsy as well... have then done... just need to launch them. Keep an eye out for them soon.

PLUS....
A couple of artists friends will be joining me for a 3 day plein air workshop with Tony Griffin at the Florence Thomas Art School in the NC mountains in September. Can't wait!

PLUS... to TOP all that...
I start college after 30 years on the 12th of this month! Most of it will be online so I can keep working, painting, and being a husband and dad! My son, Dylan, will start college at the same time at Coastal Carolina.... My oldest daughter, Lyndsey, is a junior at Mount Olive and my middle daughter, Whitney, is a senior at Cape Fear Tech... last but not least... My baby, Olivia, starts the 4th grade in a couple of weeks. Tami starts back to work tomorrow.

Maybe it's not just me...
my whole family is busy, busy, busy!