Boreas Sanctus
Plein Air Painting 2015
Summer, 2015 Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in What I remember about this was that it was freezing and very windy outside, but I wanted to paint. I was seeing this scene with the woodstove in my mind’s eye as a very cold and clinical but luminous realism, like a Vermeer. What I was…
Lake of the Woods, ON
Oil on Canvasboard
12 x 16 in
April 18th, 2015 Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt, Essex MA Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in I was able to steal away from the tumult of my present life for a little oasis of painting. It was a beautiful day – especially when the sun was out and the wind was still – felt deliciously…
April 11th-12th, 2015 Lake of the Woods, Kenora Ontario Oil on Canvasboard, 12 x 16 in (sold) Painting I guess is my bridge over troubled waters. I latched on to this image from last summer yesterday and today when I needed to paint. The view is of the boat dock at the island, while the…
April 7th, 2015 Green Sky Moonlight Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in (sold) On Sunday night I stood outside staring at the moon and trying to remove myself from the context of the evening darkness enough to objectively see the colours in the sky. When it’s night, there’s no way I know of to…
Oil on Canvas
24 x 30 in
March 1st-5th, 2015 Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30 in (sold) This has been a week of major upheval – and I spent it trying to work this painting out. Its from a photo of one of the countless staggeringly gorgeous sunsets I beheld at the lake this summer.…
February 28th, 2015 Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt, Essex MA Oil on Canvasboard, 8 x 10 in (sold) Finally! I got to go painting outside again! It was a beautiful day and if it was cold I didn’t notice. I brought my dog with me for the first time (normally I leave him with my Uncle.)…
Loon At Sunset Lake of the Woods Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in I have to fix the spots on the Loon’s back, and probably will toy a little more with the water although I may not. This has been three days worth of frustration. I think I succeeded to some degree in what…
Sunset Thunderhead (Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada) Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in Again this week Plein Air is a bit of a misnomer, as it was painted in the warmth of a sunny living room while winter cavorted outdoors. I was thinking of the island, and storms I’ve known there. That’s snow…