Hudson Valley Painter™ Jamie Williams Grossman has been Leader of Lower Hudson Valley Plein Air Painters since 2002, and a Signature Member and former Chairman of New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP). Her work is available exclusively through this HudsonValleyPainter.com website. She continues to travel throughout the Hudson Valley, capturing our favorite vistas in oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, and other assorted media.
She has won numerous awards for her paintings, including Second Place at the Olana Plein Air event in 2013. As a prolific sketcher and calligrapher, her pandemic art journal/sketchbook won First Prize in the Putnam Arts Council show for work created during the pandemic. She also belongs to the Hudson River Artists Guild, which is an invitational group of 12 professional artists who live, paint, and show their work in the home turf of the Hudson River School painters.
Jamie has taught painting workshops at Frederic Church’s Olana Historic Site, as well as for Scenic Hudson and Putnam Arts Council. Her paintings have been featured in USA Weekend, The Journal News, Plein Air Magazine, Putnam County News and Recorder, the Catskill Region Guide, Poughkeepsie Journal, Hudson Valley Parent Magazine, Bedford Record Review and more.
Jamie paints mostly in oil, acrylic, watercolor and gouache, but frequently uses other mediums such as pastel, pen and ink, charcoal, and casein. To insure that her work for sale will withstand the test of time, she has done extensive testing of art materials for lightfastness and other attributes. This has lead many artists to seek her advice regarding supplies and techniques. Jamie has also done product testing for several manufacturers and retailers.
Jamie’s subjects range from landscapes, animals, portraits and architecture to still life and figures. Landscapes painted outside on location are her favorite subjects (especially her home turf of the Hudson River Valley and its surroundings). Her work resides in private collections and corporations worldwide.
If you are interested in her process, Jamie shares her sketches, sketchbooks, materials tests, product reviews, and tips for artists on her other website, Hudson Valley Sketches. Through that site, she also posts art challenges for all artists, most notably her “Holidays in Ink” projects.
Artist statement:
My paintings are an extension of the way I view the world around us. I am a self-proclaimed color junkie with an addiction to painting outdoors, where all my senses can engage in the artistic process. Standing in the midst of nature’s sights and sounds, and attempting to capture the experience in paint, is food for my soul. Art is a challenge that never gets old, since each day is a brand new experience. Every painting tells its own story, and provides its own challenges. I hope those who view my work can feel some of the wonder that inspires me as my brushes drag across the surface laden with color. For these reasons, I love working from life, and gaining inspiration directly from the source whenever possible.