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Sierra Lane, Looking West
Mar 11, 2015
Sierra Lane Looking West. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2015 If you're a regular traveler to Lovettsville, VA on route 287 you will probably recognize this scene - it's the field at Sierra Lane, looking towards Short Hill/South Mountain. I wandered around in the field after a recent snowfall to tr...
Painting at Woodgrove Meadows
Feb 25, 2015
Sketch Club Painting at Woodgrove Meadows. 11x14, oil on linen panel. 2015 Beginning with a gradated color wash over a simple raw umber block that was already dry, I managed to finish the final layer of this painting in one (long) day. What drew my eye to this scene was the contrast o...
Beans in the Belfry
Feb 23, 2015
Beans in the Belfry 2. 9x6, oil on linen panel. 2015. Another small one done between working on commissioned paintings. I painted this scene previously on a scrap of linen, but by not paying attention to the size I ended up with something that was too small to be worth framing. ...
Re-work of an Existing Painting
Feb 19, 2015
Every so often I go off on a Quixotic adventure to try and rework or otherwise advance the look of a particular painting. The most favorable outcomes usually involve reworking from the design stage forward and starting with a fresh canvas. Sometimes things spiral out of control and I end up on...
A Work in Progress - Across the River in Maryland -
Dec 12, 2014
Work in Progress: Jefferson, MD. 12x24, oil on linen panel. 2014. The area of Virginia where I live is as green as a salad bowl in the summer months and there are few places with flat, open terrain and an unobstructed view of the distance. Across the river in Maryland, the land is s...
A Fall Painting
Dec 4, 2014
Weatherlea. 12x9, oil on linen panel. 2014. This is a small sketch of a scene at Weatherlea Farm in Lovettsville. My aim was to transpose all the colors so the whole painting was saturated with the feeling of fall. I used the modified Ned Jacob palette that I've been experimenting with recently beca...