PSME Plein Air Retreat (Paintings by me and Others)
In this post is most of what was painted in our four day pastel plein air painting retreat in Cushing, Maine.
Plein Air painting
Rocky Knoll ( New Landscape Painting in Oil and Pastel)
I loved adding pastel to this oil painting. Don’t you love the result?
Cathedral Woods (New Large Oil Painting)
This painting has the elements of the place in general, while no specific photo reference was used.
What I Painted on Monhegan 2025 (Seven New Plein Air Paintings)
Here are the seven paintings I painted in plein air last week.
Pages in my Sardinia Sketchbook
I painted in Sardinia, of Cala Goloritze, Cala Luna, and Neptune’s Grotto, as well as two moods of their sumptuous water.
Keep Your Paintings Simple (Lewis Nobel Quote)
So keep it simple, enjoy your painting, and don’t fight with it.
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.
Other Two Plein Air Paintings Done on Monhegan
Here are the other teo plein air paintings I completed during my recent visit to the island.
Two Plein Air Paintings of Monhegan in Pastel
Here are two of the four paintings I finished on the island this year.
PSME Plein Air Retreat Day 3 (2023)
Our plein air retreat culminated in a joyous sharing as we discussed each others’ paintings on our last afternoon together.
Memorial Day at New Pond Farm (New Plein Air Painting)
Don’t you love the quality of the light in May?
Katahdin Bark with Lichen and Moss (Large New Plein Air Pastel)
I was fascinated with the abstract quality of all this this texture on the tree bark, and I painted it larger than life to draw attention to what is too often overlooked or ignored.