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A Cold Morning on Lake Union
Feb 1, 2016
Lake Union (plein air). 8x10, oil and cold wax medium. 2016 On my way to the studio this morning I stopped off at Lake Union Park in Seattle to do a small study of the view across to University District. It was cool to watch the seaplanes landing in front of me while I worked. Although I am very par...
A Windy Day
Jan 22, 2016
A Windy Day (plein air). 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2016 Today, while our old home on the east coast is forecast to get 24"+ of snow, I managed to get out and paint on a beautiful, partly cloudy day at one of my favorite spots on Golden Beach in Ballard. I'm still trying to get the hang of the sea an...
More Beach Painting
Dec 29, 2015
Bainbridge Island (plein air). 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2015 Today I managed to get back to the beach for my last plein air effort of 2015. It was less windy than the last outing but still fairly cold. After my experiences on the first outing I made a knotted bag that can be filled with stones to k...
Painting at the Beach
Dec 23, 2015
After several days of rain I made the most of a brief break in the weather and went to paint at the local beach. It's just a ten minute trip from the studio but I can't think of a more challenging environment in which to set up an easel: it was cold, windy, it rained and the easel blew over. I ...
Cottonwoods
Oct 19, 2015
Cottonwoods. 11x14, oil on linen panel. 2015. Today's paint out was at Great Country Farms in Bluemont, VA. This will probably end up being my last plein air of the year. This is one of the few locations (perhaps the only one?) in Loudoun County that has stands of cottonwood trees, so I made the mos...
Return to Ayrshire Farm
Oct 13, 2015
Ayrshire Farm North Fields. 5x7, oil on linen panel. 2015. There were so many things to take in at Ayrshire Farm today that I spent most of my time on photographs rather than actually painting. As a squirrel gathers nuts, at this time of year I try to collect as much reference material as possi...