Landscape Paintings, OS2018, Watercolor Paintings, Winter Series
En Plein Air Drama in the Late Winter Landscape “Winter Warmth” – 7″ x 11″ It was a cold morning but it wasn’t apparent in the clear sky and bright sun on this February morning. Even in the colder northern climates, by the middle of February, the sun...
Landscape Paintings, OS2018, VT Landscape Paintings, Watercolor Paintings, Winter Series
“The Beginning” – 7″ x 11″ The first painting of a new winter series. This one was done on December 22, 2017 – the first full day of winter. The scene is along Harrington Road in North Bennington – a favorite painting location. Fields...
Landscape Paintings, OS2018, VT Landscape Paintings, Watercolor Paintings
The biggest difference between winter en plein air and any other time, is how early the sun makes it’s presence felt. Although I was out right around 6am, the sun had already started to the tops the tallest trees and even managed to touch down here and there on...
Landscape Paintings, Watercolor Paintings
It’s the space in between that sometimes makes the composition. The fields could be the subject of this painting. But what makes them important is the separation that happens because of the weed and sapling filled gulley that runs around and between them....
Landscape Paintings, VT Landscape Paintings, Watercolor Paintings
Early morning scenes are generally contrasts of warm and cool, light and dark. Often, the first touches of direct light can be seen in thin ribbons of warm colors piercing large swaths of cool and dark. Such was the case along Rt. 30 in Rupert, Vermont on this fine...
