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Short Hill Sketch
May 31, 2015
Short Hill Sketch. 6x8, oil on linen panel. 2015. The most enjoyable paintings are those that can be painted with abandon. It's difficult to mess up a small sketch because anything wrong can be easily fixed (the tough part is admitting there is a problem). And since they require little time and effo...
Elvan Road Study
May 25, 2015
Elvan Road Study. 5x7, oil on linen panel. 2015 This is a driveway off one of the many unpaved back roads around our town which I had not traveled until recently. The broken concrete driveway created a strong contrast with the dark greens of the grass and made a great lead-in to the focal point. I w...
Turbulence
May 18, 2015
Woodgrove Meadows. 8x6, oil on linen panel. 2015 The sky was cloudy and a storm was starting to develop at our first day of painting at Woodgrove Meadows last year. I tried to convey a sense of the turbulence and heaviness of the sky in this small sketch. The sky was painted with some restraint at f...
Warm Morning Sky
May 12, 2015
Warm Morning Sky. 5x7, oil on linen panel. 2015 Today's paint out with the Loudoun Sketch Club was back to Trappe Farm in Upperville, VA. Before starting a larger work (which didn't turn out well) I did a small "warm up" painting to try and capture a feeling of the warm sky in the east. ...
A Few Small Outdoor Sketches
May 4, 2015
North Sky. 6x4, oil on linen. 2015. Looking Towards the Catoctin Mountain. 5x7, oil on linen panel. 2015. Trappe Farm Sketch. 5x7, oil on linen panel. 2015. These are a couple of small studies done over the weekend from our back yard and one done on location at Trappe Farm in Upperville, VA. Worki...
Studies
Apr 27, 2015
Spring Skies. 7x5, oil on linen panel. 2015 Fortune smiled on me today and I managed to do four small studies: two in the studio in preparation for larger paintings, and two done outside in the back yard. After spending all winter painting in the studio it was a huge treat to be able to lug my gear ...