Sycamore In Summer

This really was painting in the heat of the summer. The wonder of it is that when sitting beside a stream in the green shade of a park, painting a study of a sycamore against the many shades of green, the summer heat is just part of the mix that keeps me in a state of mellowness.
This painting was in last years Annual Hoyt Regional Juried Art Exhibition

Enon Vallery

Driving up, down and around the hills in this area of Eastern Pennsylvania I found a sheep farm , which I spent two different days trying to capture the essence of. The second evening, a little more than an hour before dark still not happy with that painting, I packed up my easel and drove about a half mile up the road. This scene caught my eye, I parked quickly set up my easel and using the same pallet of paint, created this small painting, quiting only when it was too dark to see color. This painting has been accepted into the upcoming 36th annual Hoyt Regional Juried Art Exhibition. SOLD

Bay View

Ohio Plein Air Painters converge in the small village of Marblehead on Lake Erie at least once a year. I have joined them the last three years to paint in the summer sun around the lake. We paint furiously, share stimulating art talk and have wet paint sales downtown or in the Lakeside Chataqua community. This small painting is one of my favorites done in that setting.

Rocky Shoreline

This is my favorite of those I painted at Lakeside Chautaqua on Lake Erie last summer. The painting was on exibit at the Butler Institute of American Art this year along with the Mennonite Farm Garden painting. My plan is to return to Lakeside this summer to paint again.

Gallery Links

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http://www.artscuttlebutt.com/Impressionist

Killbuck Marsh

Painted a few miles south of Wooster at an OPAS paint-out. The sky threatened rain, but held off (except for a few sprinkles), until afternoon. I worked intensely to cover the canvas and capture the changing light and shadow in the time we had before the group gathered at 1:30 to eat and critique.


                         11" x 14"    Oil          $250

County Road

Painted at the Pine Tree Barn Paintout. I stood on the road to paint this, thankfully there wasn't much traffic. Two young conservative Quaker Friends, Pricilla and Susanna came along with their little lap easels. I was surprised they had no impatience at staying in one place for several hours. They were as caught up in the right brain activity of recording nature as I.