Tony Conner
paintings in watercolor | drawing – painting – en plein air classes
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Gold, Green, Gray – watercolor seascape painting
“Gold, Green, Gray” – 10" x 13" I have thing for rocks and water. The area around Gloucester, Massachusetts is known as Cape Ann. The entire area is full of paintable scenes with endless variety of subject ocean and nautical subject matter. While I enjoy all of those...
Under Mountain Road – en plein air watercolor summer landscape painting
“Under Mountain Road” – 7" x 11" Morning light on the first full day of summer! This painting was done as a demo for an en plein air painting class at Stonover Farm & Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts. This view looks down Under Mountain Road from near Stonover Farms...
Flume Falls – en plein air watercolor landscape painting of waterfall and stream
“Flume Falls” – 11" x 15" My first visit to this well known attraction near Wilmington, New York in the Adirondacks. With rain threatening, I was lucky to have found a great viewpoint from the rocks downstream from the falls pretty quickly. From that vantage point,...
“Bass Rocks, Afternoon Light” – en plein air watercolor seascape painting
“Bass Rocks, Afternoon Light” – 11" x 15" This painting was done during the inaugural Cape Ann Plein Air competition in October 2016. Bass Rocks is an area along the coastline of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Often called the 'backshore', it is a rugged, rocky coastline...
Trees At Black Pond – en plein air watercolor landscape painting of trees
“Trees At Black Pond” – 15" x 22" An impressionistic and energetic interpretation of summer light on pine trees near Black Pond - part of the Visitors Interpretation Center (VIC) at Paul Smith's College. Most of my en plein air landscape paintings are attempts at...
“Sunrise, Winter Morning” – warm and cool contrasts in an impressionistic winter landscape painting
“Sunrise, Winter Morning” – 4" x 6" Being both an early riser and a plein air painter, I tend to be up and out early. In the winter, one doesn't have to be out very early to see the sun rise. So, I've seen many winter sunrises. Although most of my work is done 'en...
Heron Pond – en plein air watercolor landscape painting
“Heron Pond” – 11" x 15" Heron Pond is one of the many lakes and ponds in the Paul Smith's College Visitors Interpretation Center (VIC). This scene was painted during the 2018 Adirondacks Plein Air Festival. The light on this wet, showery morning seemed to intensify...
“Open Fields” – farm country watercolor landscape painting
"Open Fields" - painting is 15" x 22", framed to 21 x 28 This painting began as a demo for the Colonie Art League in February 2015. The demo itself lasted only 2 hours, so more work was needed in the studio once it was home. The painting is based on a sketch - shown...
Portrait of a Rock – en plein air watercolor seascape painting with surf and rocks
“Portrait Of A Rock” – 11" x 15" There's something about light on rocks at the ocean that never gets old or boring! This scene was done at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, MA in the middle of a day in early May. A very simple scene with a rock in spring sunlight. The...
“Morning Sun and Shadow” – watercolor plein air landscape painting
January 28, 2014 - "Morning Sun & Shadow", 7" x 10" Mt. Anthony casts long shadows that keep much of the landscape to the west in shadow after sunrise. On this cold (4 degrees at 7:30) but clear winter morning, I found this scene of rolling hills shaded by Mt...