Expressive brushwork, a finely honed sense of color and powerful composition are the trademarks of Bethanne Kinsella Cople’s lush, painterly landscapes and en plein air paintings.Her well-defined style encompasses the American landscape, incorporating endless skies, calming waters and the varied shores of the East and West Coasts.
It's always a pleasure to brag on Bethanne and we're happy to announce that she recently was juried into the Catherine Lorillard Wolf Art Club's 114th Annual Open Exhibit at the National Arts Club in New York City as well as the American Impressionist Society's 11th National Juried Exhibition in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Artist's Biography
Landscapes are Cople’s passion and she travels far and wide to capture her subjects. “I love painting the landscape en plein air. In the outdoors, exposed to the sun, wind and rain, you can incorporate not only what you see, but the sounds and the smells of the landscape. All of this lets me convey the sense of wonder I feel at the subject,” says Cople. Undeterred by nature’s extremes, Cople has painted in blizzards in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah; on the precarious cliffs of Monhegan Island, Maine; in howling gales off the California coast; and, of course, in both summer and winter in her beloved Eastern Shore of Maryland and Potomac River in Virginia.
Both critical and commercial accolades have come Cople’s way. She was recently recognized as an “Artist to Watch” in Southwest Art Magazine (February, 2006) and has won numerous awards throughout the U.S. including the People's Choice Award for the annual CLWAC (Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, which honors women artists) in New York City, May 2007.
Cople received a classical Fine Art education at The George Washington University with an emphasis on drawing and composition. Her paintings appear in both public and private collections throughout the United States.
