Fall 2021

 

Alfalfa Field and Silo: Fall 

 It's been ages since I've posted, probably because I wasn't doing a lot of painting on site...

The other day I pulled out a 20 year old sketch book, and decided to do an oil sketch from one of them; a view of the center of Huntington, MA.....

Now, I've discovered that  to paint successfully from a sketch, I need to remember  the  original inspiration.  My  first oil sketch  from the old pencil sketch "forgot" what the real emotion was. 

It's just a comic book colored-in image. 

What was it really about?   

It was about how sometimes, when you drive up Route 20 from Westfield, into Huntington,  you are treated to a brilliant flash  of sun light that has found its way between the shadowed hills. Startling and beautiful. 

So now I have a plan for my next oil painting! 

Plen Air work

I haven't been painting out of doors a lot this past year.  Here are several recent 10x16's, oil on canvas. I've been ordering lovely Walnut frames brushed with bronze from Florida Frames. They come in two widths.

October 2016; Old Maple on Sampson Hill Road, Huntington

August 2017: Overcast Day: A View of Cobble Mountain Reservoir from the Top of Birch Hill Road, Blandford

July 2017: Westbrook, in Whatley

Birch Grove and Woodland Brook -

Oil; 15x24 plus 4"frames.

Old Courthouse Gallery Exhibit December 2015

Have been working on a series for an exhibit at the  Old Courthouse Gallery. (December-January)
Here's an iPhone snap of 7 out of the 9 in the Woodlands Series.  Will give them all a last minute varnish once the birch leaves are dry, and tighten down the backs.  There will be an addition 6 or 7 smaller landscape paintings as well.

Public Reception: Friday, December 11, 2015:
5-8 pm.
Old Courthouse Gallery, 99 Main Street, Northampton MA