This one was painted in the late fall, on one of my last trips down to the flats. I’m thinking that if the promised sunshine blesses us on Boxing Day, I will try my luck again! Don’t think there’s any ice yet, though.
Soon There Will Be Ice, 8 x 10 oil on panel
When you paint in the same location time and again, you look for what has changed since that last time - in the place or in you. This time it was the big sky that drew my attention.
Oil on panel, 8 x 10.
Largely Sky
The temperature was well below freezing but there was no snow, so I ventured out. I bring a hot water bottle to keep the paints at a workable temperature, and then pour out the hot water over my hands to rinse them before hiking back up the hill
Oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches.
Change in the weather, not much of fall left. Painting while I still can…
Oil on panel, 8 x 10.
In contrast to my portrait and figure work, my landscapes are becoming increasingly abstract. Here’s an example, where a highly suggestive approach seemed to better indicate my experience.
Like many of my plein air pieces, this is oil paint on a 10 x 8 inch panel.