Hilltown View: Along the Stone Walls

MEADOWLARK: Oil on canvas: 8x10

Watson Farm-Rhode Island

BAY VIEW: Oil on linen board; 16x12: My inspiration for this painting were dark cedars,  old stone walls, and the blue of Narragansett Bay beyond. Grazing livestock is an important part of the Watson Farm story, so I exercised "artists license" and relocated  the flock.  

BARNYARD AT WATSON FARM: Oil on linen board; 16x12:

Plein air sketch. I was inspired by the slanting afternoon sun; as I was finishing the sketch a white goose and several barn-yard ducks wandered up from a nearby pond, bringing life to the entire scene. I like the spontaniety of this alla prima piece, which needed no subsequent modification.

Texas Hill Country- Along Cow Creek

ALONG COW CREEK: Texas Hill Country.Oil on canvas panel; 8x10
It's the end of April and the Texas Bluebonnets have gone by, to be replaced with carpets of yellow.
Nearby is Doeskin Ranch.

Plein Air Sketches at Lake Travis, Texas

Lake Travis Sunset-8x10 Oil on Canvas Board

Oak Glade-8x10 Oil on Canvas Board
Frequently we'd catch sight of a doe and her fawn under the oaks beside the water, or perhaps a Jack Rabbit, Road Runner, or Great Blue Heron.
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Hilltown View: After a Snow Storm

NORWICH SUNRISE: Oil on Linen, 11x14: An alla prima painting inspired by one of the last storms of winter.