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Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer
| Website: | https://www.bansemer.com/ |
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| Next Airing: | Tue, Jul 15th, 2025 at 4:30 PM on UEN-TV |
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Join artist Roger Bansemer and narrator Sarah Shurcliff Bansemer on an artistic journey of travel and painting on location throughout the country. "Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer" will instruct, enlighten and entertain you with personal insights regarding choosing a subject, importance of color, value, and feelings about putting brush to canvas, as well as a tour of the sights in the surrounding area.
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The Ojibwe Teepee
Sarah heads North to Grand Portage, MN and learns how an Ojibwe tee pee is constructed using birch bark. She steps inside to see how the interior space is designed for comfort and livability. Roger sets up his easel to create a painting of the birch bark tee pee in the fading afternoon light on the shores of Lake Superior.
Next Airing: Tue, Jul 15th, 2025 at 4:30 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028 -
The Pumpkin
Sarah explores a rural farm in WI that has a pumpkin patch containing six to seven thousand pumpkins. She talks with the owner about the different varieties of pumpkins and the requirements for growing them. Roger sets up his easel by an old wooden doorway and creates a colorful pumpkin scene using the early morning light.
Next Airing: Tue, Jul 22nd, 2025 at 4:30 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028 -
Roses of the Biltmore Estate
Sarah tours the rose garden on the grounds of the majestic Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina and speaks to the rosarian who describes pruning and caring for the fragrant flowers. Roger uses oils to create a unique rose bouquet that will decorate a wooden table top used in their motor home.
Next Airing: Tue, Jul 29th, 2025 at 4:30 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028 -
Apple Time
Sarah visits a North Carolina apple orchard and talks with the owner about the numerous varieties and attributes of the apples grown there. Sarah tastes apple samples then walks through the orchard to pick her own bag full. Roger uses acrylics to paint an apple still life exploring facets of light and shadow on a red and a green apple.
Next Airing: Tue, Aug 5th, 2025 at 4:30 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028 -
The Diesel Locomotive
Sarah visits the Apple Valley Model Railroad Club housed in the old Hendersonville, NC train depot. Club members show the trains in operation and explain the intricate layout that fills the historic station making it lively once again. Roger uses oils on canvas to paint a powerful image of an aging diesel railroad locomotive focusing primarily on the details of the bright yellow steps and heavy front wheels.
Next Airing: Tue, Aug 12th, 2025 at 4:30 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028 -
The Old Drilling Rig
Sarah explores one of the world's most productive copper mines in Butte MT at the "World Museum of Mining". She hears about old time mining days from a retired miner and enters one of the tunnels with a guide to experience what it was like to work by candlelight. Roger finds a weather worn drilling truck and sets up his easel to begin painting on location before the rain starts.
Next Airing: Tue, Aug 19th, 2025 at 4:30 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028 -
Florida Palms
Sarah visits the woodworking shop at the Jack Richeson Company in WI where over one hundred styles of fine artists easels are manufactured. The company president describes the process and shows where each easel and taboret is handmade of oak. Back in his studio Roger uses oils on canvas to paint a large tropical Florida landscape featuring palm trees and native shrubbery.
Next Airing: Tue, Aug 26th, 2025 at 4:30 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028 -
Fort Mose
Sarah visits an important National Historical landmark on the Florida Black Heritage Trail in St. Augustine. A Florida living history expert describes the foods of the day and the reason that Fort Mose was built in 1738 for freed slaves. Roger sketches on location and then using oils on canvas, paints a woman in period costume cooking an autumn feast over an open fire.
Next Airing: Tue, Sep 2nd, 2025 at 4:30 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028 -
Mountain Lake, Part 1
Sarah takes a leisurely pontoon boat tour on Lake Lure nestled in the mountains of North Carolina. She and her dog Mic enjoy motoring by scenic coves and summer cottages. Roger sets up his easel on a dock and uses acrylics to paint a lake view featuring a boat house and the surrounding shoreline.
Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028 -
Mountain Lake, Part 2
Sarah views Lake Lure from high atop Chimney Rock State Park in the Western mountains of N C. She also learns the interesting origins of the park and how Lake Lure got its' name. Roger concludes his lake painting by concentrating on the reflections on the water and the details that finish the boathouse.
Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028 -
Split Rock Lighthouse
Sarah tours Minnesota's' Split Rock Lighthouse, climbs up to the lantern room and learns some of the history. The spectacular rocky location of the lighthouse on the shore of Lake Superior makes an ideal subject for a large canvas painting that Roger works on in his studio.
Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 7/24/2021 to 7/23/2026 -
The Biltmore Estate Garden
Sarah speaks with the production leader in the magnificent four acre walled garden of the famous Biltmore Estate in N C. She learns about the colorful seasonal plantings then takes a stroll through the brick conservatory looking at orchids and other tropical plants. Roger uses a large canvas and oils to capture a full view of the garden and conservatory with mountains in the distance.
Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028 -
The Guitar Maker
Sarah visits the studio of a North Carolina guitar and ukulele maker who explains how he chooses the shape and the wood for each project then demonstrates the construction process of his fine instruments. Roger uses acrylics and oils to paint a portrait of the craftsman laboring at his workbench.
Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028 -
The Honey Jar
Sarah travels to South Carolina to visit a bee keeper who shares his system of collecting honey, separating it from the wax, and caring for the colony. The jar of honey Sarah brings home becomes the subject for Rogers next painting. Using oils on canvas and special lighting, Roger creates a still life of the jar of golden honey glowing with sunlight.
Length: 00:27:10 Usage rights: 1/3/2023 to 1/2/2028