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...
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, 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, 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, VT Landscape Paintings, Watercolor Paintings
“Early Spring, McCullough Road” – 7″ x 11″ It’s hard to tell what season this is. At first glance, the colors suggest fall, since we tend to associate light, bright yellow greens with spring. In fact, even late fall has tired, golden greens in the...
