Noted plein air artist, Frank LaLumia, captures the great outdoors in this impressionist landscape painting of a wetland blue heron.  The 10" x 8"  oil on canvas is affixed on a wood backing and mounted in a craftsman style gilded wood frame 13.5" x 11.5"

• • Original impressionist avian oil painting by Frank LaLumia
  • 10" x 8" oil on canvas affixed to a wood board
  • Craftsman style gilded wood frame 13.5" x 11.5"
  • Signed by the artist on the lower left and on the verso.

Frank LaLumia is a nationally recognized painter in both oil and watercolor.  He is the author of the book "Plein Air Painting in Watercolor and Oil" and is the subject of several instructional books on painting technique.  LaLumia's works are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of New Mexico, the Albuquerque Museum, the Americana Museum in El Paso, Texas and the A.R. Mitchell Museum in Colorado.  Museum exhibitions include:  Yawkey Woodson Art Museum (Wisconsin), D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts (Springfield, MA). Haggin Museum and Pasadena Museum of California Art (California).  He is a Signature Member of Plein Air Painters of America (President 2010-2011), American Impressionist Society, American Watercolor Society, Oil Painters of America and the National Watercolor Society.