April 5, 2024-May 31, 2024

Painting during all four seasons of the year, Plein Air works best for Odom and she has found oil paint helps her when the weather changes, since the properties of oil paint do not mix with rain whereas watercolor paint could be destroyed. The sun does not halt its place in the sky, so Odom has learned to paint quickly. She usually completes a painting while outside and rarely continues to work on a painting in her studio. There was a time when spring was her favorite season to paint as the greens of grass and trees were vibrant and fresh, and colorful flowers were bursting from the ground. Odom would dread painting through drab colored winters but then she began to see violet and blue tones in the sky, snow, and in the shadows. Now, she loves painting during the winter months to see the unexpected slices of color. More.