Marc Dalessio

Here are my plein air landscape paintings from last weekend in Copenhagen. Technically it was really four days.

Cafe, Kongens Nytorv. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

The weather was beautiful but very windy. After a couple years of painting with the Art in the Open in Wexford, Ireland I have no problem painting in heavy rain, but wind still annoys me to no end as the panels move the whole time. Many of these views were picked because they were sheltered a bit from the strong winds.

Back of the Glyptotek. 35 x 25 cm, oil on panel.

Path in the Ørstedsparken. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

Towards City Hall Square. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

Market in Christiania. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

They don’t allow photography in parts of Christiania, but they let me set up and paint. I did have a few ‘guards’ come by to check the tripod though. That said, everyone was very friendly when they saw what I was doing.

Grafitti Artists, Christiania. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

Boats behind the Opera House. 20 x0 30 cm, oil on panel.

After my last post on painting back-lit paintings, these were almost all done with front-lighting. Not for any particular reason, that was just the effect that I found inspiring.

Bus Stop, Copenhagen. 35 x 25 cm, oil on panel.

English Garden in the Rosenborg Castle Gardens. 25 x 35 cm, oil on panel.

I had been to Copenhagen 25 years ago, but remembered nothing of the city. It’s much prettier than google images would have you believe. The hotel had bicycles to rent which made it much more convenient to navigate the city with all of my landscape painting kit, though I always find bicycling in places like Denmark and Holland scarier than driving in Southern Europe.

Along the Peblinge Sø. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

Rickshaws, Copenhagen. 25 x 35 cm, oil on panel.

Morning on the Nyhavn. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.