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A Plein Air Sketch: White Pine
Nov 11, 2014
White Pine. 8x6, oil on linen panel. 2014 I painted this small sketch on location at a home on Mt Gilead near Leesburg, VA. I managed to stop the painting at this point largely due to the intervention of another artist who made some nice remarks about the work in progress....
Morning Light
Nov 7, 2014
Morning Light. 16x20, oil on linen. 2014. I started work on this painting two months ago and left it hanging unfinished on my studio wall before revisiting the design and adding the sheep this week. I spent a few hours on the sheep and additional layers of glazing and scumbling to bring it clo...
Plein Air With An Experimental Palette
Nov 4, 2014
Weatherlea Plein Air. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2014 A plein air painting done at Weatherlea Farm in Lovettsville, VA. I used a palette consisting of ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson, cadmium orange and cadmium yellow medium, which is an unusual palette for me as the colors are all very stro...
Modifying an Existing Painting
Oct 29, 2014
Potomac Blues. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2014. Sometimes paintings don't turn out too well and after looking at them in the studio for a few weeks I will often play around with the painting to try out new techniques and approaches. This is a plein air painting done at Riverside Potomac that I revisi...
Behind Aldie Mill
Oct 21, 2014
Behind Aldie Mill. 10x8, oil on linen panel. 2014 I found a nice view behind the old mill in Aldie quite by accident as I was walking around taking a few reference photos. I painted this by the side of a small rill, huddled close to an old tree for shade, and if I moved just a few feet to eith...
Sketch of the Orchard
Oct 18, 2014
Orchard Sketch. 8x10, oil on linen panel. 2014. I did this small sketch as an exercise in trying to get a quick, loose rendering of the trees in the orchard at Riverside Potomac. I had wanted to try this on location, but the weather wouldn't cooperate and I had to do all the painting in the studio....