Working on location, I am able to see the subtleties of color in the landscape as light and atmosphere create exciting scenes. I strive to capture the beauty of the moment, my impression of the landscape. I enjoy employing all the techniques possible with oils such as thick impasto, translucent washes, and palette knife. I seek to create a painting that conveys not only time and place, but also showcases the exciting color of my surroundings through expressive brushwork.

Bethanne Kinsella Cople is a plein air artist who captures the landscape with bold, energetic strokes of color. Employing a painterly technique, her landscapes reveal the beauty that surrounds her. Whether painting around her home in historic Alexandria, Virginia, or traveling to such locations as Monhegan Island, Maine, Texas, Utah and across Europe, Bethanne strives to catch the nuances that light and atmosphere reflect on her subject. Her formal training was in fine arts at George Washington University and she continued her studies with nationally renowned plein air artists, including Don Stone, Matt Smith, John Budicin and Ken Backhus. Her works are now on display in many public and private collections in the United States.

• Painting "Red Boat, Fall on the Potomac" auctioned at the Fall Benefit for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, 11/2007
• Guest Lecturer, Academy Art Museum, Eastern, Maryland, 11/2007
• People's Choice Award, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Broome Street Gallery Exhibit, New York, New York, 3/2007
• Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Juried Exhibit: Brazier Fine Art, Richmond, Virginia, 9/2006
• Member & Associate Juried Exhibition of the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club at the Water Mill Museum, Water Mill, New York, 7/23/06
• Featured in "Artist to Watch", Southwest Art, February 2006, pp 26-28.
• Paintings Selected for the Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State for Exhibition in U.S. Embassy, Praia, Cape Verde, Ambassador Roger Pierce, 2005
• 109th Annual Open Exhibition at the National Arts Club, New York, New York, 10/2005.
• Winner of "Best Pastoral", Plein Air - Easton!, Invitational Plein Air Festival, Easton, Maryland, 7/2005
• Salon International 2005 Juried Exhibition, International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, 5/2005
• Twelfth Annual Invitational Paintout, Carmel, California, 2005 Carmel Art Association, 5/2005
• 108th Annual Open Exhibition at the National Arts Club, New York, New York, 10/2004.
• Hilton Head Art League 2004 National Juried Exhibition, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 5/2004
• Eleventh Annual Invitational Paintout, Carmel, California, 2004 Carmel Art Association, 5/2004, Honorable Mention Award
• Artist contributor, How Did You Paint That? 100 Way's To Paint Landscapes, International Artist Publication, published June 2004
• Winner of the Barth Memorial Award, Washington Society of Landscape Painters, 10/2003
• Winner of the Tansin L. Holzer Memorial Award for Traditional Painting, 107th Annual Open Exhibition at the National Arts Club, New York, New York, 10/2003.
• Tenth Anniversary Invitational Paintout, Carmel, California, 2003 Art Association, 5/2003
• Winner of the Risser Award, Annual Landscape Show, The Art League, Alexandria, Virginia, 8/2002
• Winner of the Simkin Award (Best in Show), The Art League, Alexandria, Virginia, 9/2002

• Juried: Washington Society of Landscape Painters
• Juried: Oil Painters of America
• Juried: Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association
• Accepted as a Full Artist Member of the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 2005
• Signature member of American Women Artists

• November 17, 2007 (Saturday) - 1pm to 3pm
  Lecture and Demo at Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland
  FREE and OPEN to Public

• April 21 - 15, 2008
  5 Day Workshop at Great Oak Manor
  Waterfront Bed & Breakfast near Chesterown, Maryland
  Tuition $400