Ipswich River,
Topsfield / Ipswich, MA
Oil on Canvas
16 x 20 in
March 10th, 2014
Category: Plein Air Painting
Plein Air Painting
March 8th, 2014
March 8th, 2014 Cox Reservation, Essex MA Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in (sold) Not only was it a balmy 50 degrees, but the sun was out, there was almost no wind, and there was still lots of snow. An ideal day to paint. I went to a part of the reservation I’d never…
March 6th, 2014
March 6th, 2014 (nfs) As you can see, I’m working from a photo, this is clearly not Plein Air. For various reasons, I haven’t been able to get out to paint in about three weeks. It’s been frustrating, but at the same time, I think I’m undergoing one of those metamorphoses I occasionally go through…
February 11th, 2014
February 11th, 2014 Oil on Canvas, 12 x 16 in (nfs) In a hurry, in a mood, I did this. I’m in CT this weekend and can’t get out to paint. I did this before leaving and there are things I would like to fix, but it will be dry by the time I get…
February 8th, 2014
February 8th, 2014 Cox Reservation, Essex MA Oil on canvasboard, 16 x 20 in (sold) This was taken from a distance, obviously. Your eyes get tired quickly from staring at snow a long time, even if you carefully chose a predominantly shady vista. There was so much reflected light bouncing around towards the end of…
January 25th, 2014
January 25th, 2014 Cox Reservation Essex Greenbelt, Essex MA Oil on Canvas, 12 x 16 in I’m pretty sure I did roughly this exact same view around this same time last year. The reason is not that I am captivated by the scene particularly, so much as that there is a nice wooden bench there,…
January 22nd, 2014
January 22nd, 2014 This was just a sketch I did this week. I had Robert Frost’s “Come In” running through my head, and also a parable a friend’s mother once told me. I may type out the parable later, but the poem is this: As I came to the edge of the woods, Thrush music…
January 20th, 2014
Unfinished January 20th, 2014 Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt, Essex, MA Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in (sold) I was fortunate to be able to join up with ‘The Posse’ and paint today. The earlier part of the day (when I did the ice) the sun was much brighter so there was a lot more…
January 18th & 19th, 2014
January 18th & 19th, 2014 No painting! Saturday there was too much snow falling to paint, and Sunday I had to run all the errands I couldn’t get to because I was shut in on Saturday. Hope to paint early this week. (Photo is from a lovely dog walk on Saturday.)
January 13th, 2014
January 13th, 2014 Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt Essex MA Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 in (sold) It was a bright, mild day (though not as mild as I had dressed for – just because it’s above freezing does not necessarily mean you can go without a jacket.) David had been to the Sargent exhibit…