Open Studio, VT Landscape Paintings, Watercolor Paintings
“Fading Glory” – 11″ x 15″ The glory of fall in Vermont is hard to match, even if it’s fading. This painting started as a composition exercise and demonstration for a watercolor painting group. The idea was to use dramatic contrast to create light...
Landscape Paintings, Open Studio, VT Landscape Paintings, Watercolor Paintings
“Bend In The Road” – 11″ x 15″ This is a studio painting depicting a country landscape with farm fields and fall foliage. The main subject is actually the light. In this case it’s that cool autumn light that creates terrific light-dark and cool-warm...
En Plein Air Paintings, Landscape Paintings, Open Studio, Watercolor Paintings
“Yards At Hudson” – 11″ x 15″ This painting was done during the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival in 2020. Empty train yards aren’t the most appealing of subjects. The sense of perspective and distance that allows you to travel through and under the...
En Plein Air Paintings, Landscape Paintings, Open Studio, Watercolor Paintings
“Along Rt.23” – 7″ x 11″ This painting was done during the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival in 2020. Light, color and reflections on a rainy day in rural upstate New York. This is an intimate and moody scene that contrasts color and texture in an soggy...
En Plein Air Paintings, Landscape Paintings, Open Studio, Watercolor Paintings
“Franny Reese Ruins” – 7″ x 11″ This painting was done during the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival in 2020. The scene is along a pathway in Franny Reese State Park, Poughkeepsie, NY. The ruins of an old cottage are nearby, but the compelling thing for me...
En Plein Air Paintings, Landscape Paintings, Open Studio, VT Landscape Paintings
“November Fields” – 11″ x 15″ The gentle light of late autumn is a never ending source of inspiration. Beyond the light, this scene inclcuded interesting down hill perspective and back light – two more inspiring pieces of a landscape scene. It was...
