April 15th, 2018 Watercolor, 12 x 16 in The day being cold and wet, I decided to try watercolors again. Working from an old photo of myself and my sister crossing a bridge at the island.
April 15th, 2018
Category: Plein Air Painting
Plein Air Painting
April 14th, 2018
April 14th 2018 Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt Essex, MA Oil on Canvasboard, 8 x 10 in I was at the greenbelt to teach, but my class turned out to be very small – so I took the opportunity to do some painting myself. The morning was sunny and felt like spring, the afternoon was cloudy…
April 12th, 2018
April 12th, 2018 Watercolour, 12 x 16 in Inspired by a wonderful watercolorist I’d seen on Instagram, I wanted to re-visit the medium I abandoned decades ago. I sure as heck do not come close to that woman’s genius, but I was pleasantly surprised that my skills in this department had developed to some degree…
April 10th, 2018
April 10th, 2018 Technicolor Hay Bales Somewhere in Italy Oil on Wood, 16 x 20 in It had been a very stressful few weeks. I hadn’t had the opportunity to do anything creative, really. I was once again working with my student, for whom I am very grateful for without him I would feel too…
March 10th, 2018
March 10th, 2018 Cluster of Pines, Demo Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt Essex MA Oil on Canvasboard, 8 x 10 in It was a cold day for people to be standing around watching a demo so I am very grateful to those who came! Since this photo was taken I have fixed the trunks a bit…
February 27th, 2018
February 27th, 2018 Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt Essex, MA Oil on Aluminum Panel, 12 x 16 in First day out pleinairing in way too long. Those wisps of cloudishness were not there when I painted the sky!
January 30th, 2018
January 30th, 2018 Ship at a Distance Oil on Canvas, 20 x 30 in This again was a painting done in studio while working with a student. The photo took my attention because they stark difference in colour, though equality of value, between the colours of the sun and the clouds as expressed in the…
January 18th, 2018
January 18th, 2018 Rearview of the Storm at Sunset Lake of the Woods Oil on Canvas 24 x 30 in I worked on this painting a long time, because there was a lot of variation in color and light in the sky and water that I really wanted to capture; the feeling of cleansing motion…
January 10th, 2018
January 10th, 2018 Sunset in Smoky Sky Lake of the Woods Oil on Wood, 18 x 24 in Was teaching in studio yesterday. My student was doing little studies of fruits and vegetables under a spotlight – so the room was unlit and I couldn’t see my colours very well. Nonetheless, I managed to get…
December 17th, 2017
December 17th, 2017 Boats on Thin Ice Annisquam, Massachusetts Oil on Wood, 18 x 24 in Working in studio while teaching; my student lives on the Annisquam river and he took the photo I used as reference for this painting.