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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...
North Sky (Large)
May 13, 2015
North Sky (Large). 10x8, oil on linen panel. 2015. Two scraped-off paintings in a row shakes an artist's confidence. Determined to avoid strike three, today I pulled out a small plein air study and painted a larger version of the thing. For a fresh look, I limited the working time to about the same ...
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. ...
One More Painting Out in the Back Yard
May 2, 2015
No Edges in the Sky. 8x10, oil on linen panel. 2015 What a great day to be painting outside! Standing in the shade of a pine tree this afternoon I could only hear the sound of birds and someone in the far distance mowing their yard. The spring greens have arrived in full force and, as usual, it take...
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 ...
A Landscape In Progress
Mar 30, 2014
I started this painting as a demo for a local high school class (I was just demonstrating the start process). After first working out the design of the painting on paper, I used a thin monochrome wash of yellowish raw umber mixed with a little liquin and applied the block in very quickly by ...