As I mentioned last week, I’ve been in decluttering mode lately. As I was reorganizing some of my paintings this week, I found this small piece from a plein air excursion some time ago that […]
Category Archives: Plein Air
Two Urns
This afternoon the weather was beautiful, sunny and mild but windy. I wanted to go out and do a quick plein air painting, so I found a sheltered spot in the shade in […]
Artist Residencies
Have you ever done an artist residency or have you interacted with an artist who was doing one? Residencies are arrangements where an artist is given lodging and studio space for a period […]
Standing in Shadows
On a recent trip to Edisto State Park, I was fascinated by the contrast of the dark back-lit tree silhouettes and the brilliant reflection of the sky in the marsh created by the late afternoon […]
How to Forge a Derain
At the suggestion of art friends, I’ve been watching Forger’s Masterclass videos on YouTube. The forger teaches students to paint in the style of several famous artists. My favorite is Episode 2 on André Derain, […]
Camp Limberlost
The lakes of the Adirondack Mountains are home to fabulous rustic compounds known as the “great camps”. On the last evening of the Publisher’s Invitational Paintout, we were invited to a party at Camp […]
St. Regis Falls
At the Publisher’s Invitational Paintout in the Adirondacks in June, 100 painters scouted the best locations within a 50-mile radius of the Paul Smith’s College campus. Lakes, mountains, old barns and historic churches attracted many […]
Ice Cream at Twilight
When I was child growing up in a small town in North Carolina, our house was hot in the summer evenings in spite of big fans in all the windows. We’d go next door to […]
St. John’s in the Wilderness
Near Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondacks is a small historic church, St. John’s in the Wilderness Episcopal Church. I was fascinated by the shapes and odd angles of the old tombstones. This painting started […]
Adirondack Creek
On the painting trip last month, Barbara Yongue, Glenda Keyes and I spent a few days in Vermont, then took a ferry over to the Adirondack Mountains of New York. We were part of a […]