Plein Air Oil Painting of the Quarry Swimming Hole
I have frequented this lovely spot for decades but never painted it before.
I have frequented this lovely spot for decades but never painted it before.
I have six landscape paintings done in pastel in this Invitational Art Show at New Pond Farm. Stop by soon if you are local!
The one above depicts the deep shade of the evergreen with the new leaves beyond in the sunken garden beside the house. The first photo below…
As seen above, two of my tree series are in a show that opened last weekend at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists.
I love being surrounded by the trees right now, each one a kaleidoscope of color, done by the hand of the master pointillist!
I had a day off between classes at Creative Arts Camp, which I spent in a wonderful way.
– This is the largest pastel plein air painting I have ever done, but I knew the view was huge, so I went for it. Painting large on location is fun as long as there is not a wind. This day was hot, humid, and still so it worked great, although I cowered in the … Read more
The paint above was done from Chaffinch Island in Guilford, Connecticut. I was attracted the the intensely vibrant greens in the marsh grasses there.
Here is the painting I did this week of a crabapple tree about a block from our house captured in the evening’s glowing light.
I’ve been painting outside a couple times here this spring before the weather turned cold and rainy.
Finally home from all our wanderings, I’m getting some time to paint. This large landscape painted in pastel is 26″ x 20″.
Here is my most recent pastel landscape painting. It is of Great Hollow Lake in November.
I painted this new abstract landscape last week in oil. It is large for me, 24″ x 30,” and titled Lake of Colors. You can see some close up details below.
Here is the painting I painted while together with this group on the lovely grounds of the Hill-Stead Museum yesterday.
Today was my first excursion with the Hudson Valley Plein Air Society, and we went to Boscobell with its incredible view of the Hudson.
I realized I never posted these last two watercolors from the trip done in my artist journal, so here the are belatedly.