First Plein Air Landscape Paintings of the Year
The motive was seeing, as well as the experience of translating that to paper without even trying at all for it be literal.
Huntington State Park
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (February 2024)
Join me via these photos on my walks in our local park.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (December 2023)
I’m still walking in the same place, trying to see it freshly every time.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (November 2023)
I’m grateful for walking at Huntington State Park; I basked in the foliage colors and the endlessly fascinating reflections.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (Summer 2023)
Between rain and bad air quality due to Canadian smoke, we haven’t hiked as much as I would like so far this summer. It is a delight to have our youngest working from here for a bulk of this summer, so I’ve got a nice walking buddy when it does happen. We’ve been enjoying the … Read more
Hike photos from Huntington State Park (March 2023)
I’m still walking in the same place seeing nuances of the season everywhere, particularly attracted to reflections, blue shadows, composition, and abstract vignettes.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (February 2023)
Here are my Huntington State Park hike photos from this month, mostly a smattering of not-very-cold ice studies.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (January 2023)
In this post you can see the fruits of my hunt for beauty, texture, and composition in a time when you have to look closely to find it.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (November 2022)
I love the regular input of nature soothing my psyche, as well as the color and compositional studies the seasons provide.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (October 2022)
Hear the crunch and swish of fallen leaves underfoot, and the lapping of the water. Inhale deeply that fabulous scent of leaf decay heightened in the crisping air. Look up into the dappled, dramatic canopy. It all is quite exalting.
Photos of Huntington State Park (July 2022)
Enjoy these photos of this very familiar, but always appreciated, regular ramble of mine.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (June 2022)
I gaze at the compositions in the water, at the reflections, the sky, the spider webs, the sun burning through the fog. It is a glorious place and time.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (May 2022)
See my photos in this post of my local rambles that make me whole and able to do everything else.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (April 2022)
Come along side me as we walk here in the fresh unfolding of early spring.
February Abstract Ice Photos from Huntington
Mother nature is fascinating, especially in her most temporal detail.
New Large Pastel Landscape Done in 200 Strokes (with Process Photos)
The idea of restricting the quantity of strokes is to curb detail, go for only the more abstract essence of the scene, and to avoid over working it.