Plein Air Washington at the Center for Wooden Boats
Sep 10, 2016
Wooden Boats (plein air). 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2016. Saturday was my first chance to get out and paint with Plein Air Washington. We painted at the Center for Wooden Boats which is right on the south shore of Lake Union in Seattle. This painting is an example of why I usually try to avoid man-m...
Red!
Sep 6, 2016
Red. 11x14, oil on linen. 2016 This portrait of Red was finished last week. Like many commissioned portraits he got a few little tweaks once his owners had had a chance to see a preview of the painting. I used the Ned Jacob palette for most of the colors, together with some burnt sienna (mixed with ...
Taking a Walk in the Fog
Sep 1, 2016
Foggy Morning. 5x7, oil on linen panel. 2016. When we had some early morning fog late this summer, I took the opportunity to get outside and take some photos before it lifted. This small sketch was done from some of those references: a study in foggy atmospherics, a way of preparing for the winter t...
Winter Fields and Hedgerows - a Repaint
Aug 25, 2016
Winter Fields and Hedgerows. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2016 When I went down to the studio today and took a close look at a painting that I'd worked on last week, I realized that it had too many flaws in the execution to be marketable. Rather than re-paint over the top of the old version, I started ...
Early Evening on the Cliffs
Aug 21, 2016
Early Evening on the Cliffs. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2016-2017 It was one of those weeks when I take two steps forward and one step back; this painting took more than three restarts before it began to emerge. It took me a long time to figure out that it was all about texture and small co...
Above the Morning Fog
Aug 15, 2016
Above the Morning Fog. 8x10, oil on linen panel. 2016 I took advantage of the nice weather this week to get in a spot of plein air painting. It's been a month or two since I last did any work outside and I was starting to get the itch. After so long in the studio, my gear felt extra heavy. I took a ...