California Landscape with a Windmill, Plein Air Painting in Watercolor, by Keiko Tanabe

In a Southern California coastal community of Carlsbad in 2016, Keiko paints an agricultural landscape with a windmill. As the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean, she captures that special atmospheric quality in her quick plein-air watercolor painting. Mostly self-taught, Keiko Tanabe embarked on a professional art career in 2005. Since then, her paintings have been in many national and international exhibitions, both juried and invitational, and gained world-wide recognitions. Her work has been purchased by private and corporate collectors from all around the world. She also had her paintings published and featured in leading art magazines and a number of publications in the U.S., Europe and Asia. A sought-after workshop instructor since 2011, she has conducted more than 300 workshops and numerous live demonstrations around the world. Her approach to teaching is to help students identify and solve their problems to further advance their technical skills and refine their style. She has severa