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A Study in Layers
Oct 18, 2014
Overcast. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2014 In this painting I tried to use layering techniques to enhance a small work that otherwise might otherwise not have made an interesting painting: the feeling of atmosphere was created by scumbling violet grays over the middleground and far tree line and a gla...
Reworking a Painting
Oct 12, 2014
Groveton Farm III. 6x10, oil on linen panel. 2014. I just finished updating this small painting of the wheat fields at Groveton Farm which I had originally painted at the end of July. I made the foreground a little more interesting and filled in the foliage in the tree where there had originally bee...
Started on Location
Oct 12, 2014
Treeline. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2014 I started this painting on location at Riverside Potomac Farm in Lucketts, VA. By the time I have completed the block-in I was cold and it was just about to start raining. I packed up my gear and headed home, where I finished the painting in my studio. The bu...
Painting on Location Riverside at the Potomac
Sep 30, 2014
Potomac Riverside. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2014. Today was a perfect day for working outside: not too hot and cool overcast light that stayed constant while I painted. The trees are staring to change color, but are mostly in transition so it's very easy to paint muddy brown everywhere....
Phillips Farm IV - entry for Waterford Fair
Sep 24, 2014
Phillips Farm IV. 20x24, oil on linen. 2014 I painted this landscape as my entry for this year's Waterford Fair art show. I worked on some of the ideas behind this painting over the course of the summer, particularly the effect of light through the trees. The foreground is a mixture of brush a...
Plein Air Return to Silverbrook Farm
Aug 27, 2014
Pines Trees. 10x8 oil on linen panel. 2014. A small plein air sketch from yesterday's paint out at Silverbrook Farm in Hillsboro, VA. Standing at the bottom of the hill and looking up gave an interesting perspective on the large tree on the right....