

She is an award winning artists having received -Artist’s Choice awards, People’s Choice awards, Portrait Society of America Merit Awards, multiple Best in Show awards and has been a Finalist in the Bold Brush, Raymar, and a Plein Air Salon competitions. Krystal’s work has been juried into numerous shows and events. She has studied with Rob Liberace, Dan Gerhartz, Clayton Beck, Jeffry Hein, Susan Lyon and Scott Burdick and has been producing Fine art for over 30 years.

Originally from Northern Wyoming, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from the University of Montana, Krystal now resides in Texas. Her oil paintings celebrate and reveal the magnificence of people, places and moments that matter most while holding space for the viewer in the bold, impressionistic passages and visceral mark movements where you add yourself to the narrative. Brown is a painted view of the world and how she chooses to see it originating from the need to create and a love for getting lost in the process. I wish I would have had the opportunity to attend a workshop like the one I’ve prepared for you! You will return home ready to tackle any environment, event, or trip where you want to paint outdoors. In the creation of your art, you are enriched and in the sharing of your art you enrich others. Helping you create your art is something I love to do by teaching techniques that will allow you to paint your view and add your voice. You will paint better, express your vision more successfully and have a great time going through the process together. You can see my process as I demo the first morning and I’ll be right beside you as you apply what you’ve learned in the afternoon. How to capture the essence and feel of a place. How to remain faithful to the focal point and lead the viewer to it.

I’ll show you the ropes and reveal the tips to get you to creating SUCCESSFULLY in Plein Air. That first event was scary, and I never imagined that my work would be featured in Plein Air Magazine, American Art Collector, Fine Art Connoisseur, Southwestern Art and that I’d receive – Best in Show, Artists Choice, People’s Choice, Best Quick Draw, Plein Air Salon OverAll, Best Category and other top awards.įour years ago I didn’t understand how Plein Air Painting would open the world to me and that I would find one of my greatest joys and incredible community.Įven if you don’t want to participate in organized events I can get you through the scary bits and to painting SUCCESSFULLY in Plein Air. You don’t need to experience the fear or overwhelm that I did. Thank goodness I had someone to show me the ropes and give me a few tips that first time I did a Plein Air Event.

It took me forever to set up and figure out what to paint. I was TERRIFIED the first time I participated in a plein air event.
