Loxihatchee Green

Participated in a Paintout at Loxihatchee National Wildlife Refuge.  I was overtaken and saturated by green. The goal was an impressionistic piece with a balance of darks and lights to overcome a tremendous amount of midtone green. 

Iron Gate

Went to a paintout with the Palm Beach Plein Air Artists.  It was in the Northwood Village district during thier Art Walk and WIne Tasting.  The urban scene was pretty busy, so I concentrated on a narrow field.  First thing was to capture the lighter green wall.   Everything else was already in shade.  That wall shadow would be moving quick as I set up at 5pm.

8x10 Oil on Panel

THe Captain's Sail

I did this for a friend and mentor. Capt Coleman Landers.   He was the commanding officer of my first ship in the Navy. One of my shipmates posted a photo of a sailfish he caught off of Costa Rica. I remembered that day instantly. I had just got back to the fantail and he asked me to watch his rod as he tended to some business. He no longer left when the rod spun. I had him paged back to his post and watched him fight til I had to go on watch. The recollection inspired me to in two ways. To try watercolors (I'm more af an oil painter) and If the result wasn't too bad, send it to him to thank him for the great mentoring. He is also one of my biggest fans on facebook. 


"The Captain's Sail"
20x24 150lb Arches

Thousand Island Sunset Drama

I practiced small study last week.  I learned much, but mostly I learned to pay a little more attention to Edges and Color Temperature.  The small study, just lost its unity as I did not have the temp correct.  I used a much larger collection of brushes this time.  This was fun.
16x20 Oil on Panel
 

Thousand Island Sunset Study

Hoping to use this for a larger studio painting.  This is from an evening Laura and I spent in Clayton, NY at the Thousand Island Inn.  Home of Thousand Island Dressing.  As the sun set, the sky just got more dramatic.  I wanted to premix some of the colors on a small scale prior to starting a large studio paint. 

Done Alla Digitale

7x5 Oil on Masonite Panel

Glocester East Light

Finally back in the Apartment after living in a hotel for 2 week.  I have been aching to paint this lighthouse using the same set up as the hunting shack and MN farm.  It makes for a rather appealing painting because of the color harmony. 

I felt like a draftsman at one point trying to get all these angles right.  I did quite a bit of scape and repaint. 

The palette scheme was limited to UMB, Ver, AZ Crim, YO, Cad RedL and Cad Y.  Also premixed some grey modifiers to tone down chroma and ease into unified values. 

Minnesota Winter Farm

Feeling a bit nostalgic this morning, set up for another timed landscape.  I have decided to call these exercises "Alla Digitale".  From the combination of Alla Prima and Digitale. 

8x10
Oil on Linen Panel