{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"James Hart Dyke on Climbing and Painting a Mountain Summit","description":"This is Plein Air Podcast episode number 253 with British artist and plein air mountaineer James Hart Dyke, who shares a story about a plein air adventure all of us wish we could have been a part of: James Hart Dyke climbed and painted Mont Blanc, which has an elevation of almost 15,800 feet, making it the highest summit of Western Europe. It was a treacherous trip of navigating around crevasses, going up glaciers, and avoiding avalanches and rock falls. Failure was not an option. Why did he do it? He wanted to reenact and emulate as closely as possible the conditions under which the legendary French painter of the Alps, Gabriel Lopp\u00e9, made his pair of Summit paintings at sunset in 1873. Listen as they discuss: \u2013 The inspirational moment he had as an 8-year-old, which led him to his path as a painter \u2013 How studying architecture in college launched his professional artistic career (\u201cIt\u2019s a bit dreamy, but that\u2019s how my career started.\u201d) \u2013 Dealing with frequent rain as a plein air painter in the UK (\u201cPlein air painting is not for the faint-hearted.\u201d) \u2013 The positive aspect of having what he calls \u201cgenerators,\u201d or challenges when painting on location \u2013 His thrilling experience with the British Intelligence Service and painting combat zones \u2013 How the producers of the James Bond films discovered him and his work (\u201cIt was very thrilling, but I\u2019d say it all comes out of plein air landscape painting.\u201d) \u2013 His experiences with King Charles and the Royal Party \u2013 How his plein air Summit adventure came to be, how he prepared himself physically, mentally, and logistically as a painter \u2013 His takeaways from the extreme experience and what he learned about himself \u2013 The plein air movement in the UK \u2013 And what\u2019s next for James: Painting one of America\u2019s iconic parks And in this week\u2019s Art Marketing Minute: What can you do to attract more out-of-town buyers? Are there ways to vet potential buyers so you don\u2019t waste your time? Listen and learn! Related Links: \u2013 James Hart Dyke online: https:\/\/jameshartdyke.com\/ \u2013 Plein Air Japan: https:\/\/pleinairjapan.com\/spring-2024 \u2013 Realism Live: https:\/\/realismlive.com\/ \u2013 Plein Air Magazine: https:\/\/pleinairmagazine.com\/ \u2013 Fall Color Week: https:\/\/fallcolorweek.com\/ \u2013 European Fine Art Trip: https:\/\/finearttrip.com\/stockholm-madrid \u2013 Sunday Coffee: https:\/\/coffeewitheric.com\/ \u2013 Submit Art Marketing Questions: artmarketing.com\/questions The Plein Air Podcast has been named the #1 Painting Podcast by FeedSpot for two years in a row. New in 2023: FeedSpot has named Eric\u2019s Art Marketing Minute Podcast as one of the Top 25 Art Business and Marketing Blogs on the web. ","author_name":"Plein Air Art Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/outdoorpainter.com","html":"