Landscape Paintings, 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...
En Plein Air Paintings, Landscape Paintings, Watercolor Paintings
“Sharing Secrets” – 11″ x 15″ This painting is really about light and the dark contrasts that reveal it. From the standpoint of technique, there’s a combination of deliberate layering for atmosphere and direct marks for texture and movement. These...
Landscape Paintings, 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, VT Landscape Paintings, Watercolor Paintings
“Along Church Street” – 7″ x 11″ Sunlight and a little bit of color for an early spring scene. This painting was done plein air in the village of North Bennington, Vermont. I am attracted to scenes that remind us of seasonal transitions – especially...
En Plein Air Paintings, Landscape Paintings, 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...
