Yesterday, I started painting sunrises again. They’re simply oil sketches… nothing formal or fancy. Yesterday’s is on the left, and described in more detail at A New Morning. Generally, I grab whatever smallish, blank canvas is nearby. Today, as yesterday, that’s a 10″ x 14″ canvas board. Technically, these paintings
Tag: Landscapes
A New Morning
Yesterday, I found a quotation that made me feel much better: “I’m in a foul mood as I’m making stupid mistakes… This morning I lost beyond repair a painting with which I had been happy, having done about twenty sessions on it; it had to be thoroughly scraped away… what
Kennebunk Salt Marsh
This salt marsh in Maine has been a favorite subject for my plein air paintings for years. The location is in Kennebunkport, Maine, across the street from the Bush compound. I started painting at this location as part of my “look the other way” series. For that series, I chose
Autumn pond
This is an oil painting from my years (1998 – 2002) in Nashua, New Hampshire. The pond is at Royal Crest, and it is magnificent all year ’round, but especially during the fall foliage season. I painted this over a series of afternoons, en plein air (meaning: outdoors, on location).
Glastonbury Tor
England’s Glastonbury Tor is a mystical place. Its legends include fantastic Arthurian lore and unique Christian history. In this painting, I wanted to capture the exhilarating freshness of Glastonbury in the spring. The scene is the Tor late in May when the flowers are in bloom and the grass is