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

Woodbridge Island Hunting Shack.

Another timed landscape.  3 Hours.
9x12 oil on linen panel. 

I used a premix of Neutral Greys from Cad Orange and Ultramarine Blue.  Using this mix really helped with the tone of the painting and to tie all the colors (as muted as they were)  This shack is purported to be a duck camp for Hank Garvey a fellow decoy carver and sports enthusiast.  I added the eider/scoter flight and differing cloud formations from different reference.  

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

9x12
Oil on Linen Panel

I painted this in studio with a time limit.  About 3 hours. 

The challenge was for my to work in the muted whites of an overcast but bright day.  It may still be too bright.  I plan to work my next painting with some premixed greys.

Harvest Still Life

11x14
Oil on Linen Panel

Painted this over the last month.  I have made so many changes to it. It is very difficult to paint these squash.  This is where I really respect artelier or classic artists.  \

Red Pear in Low Light

Set this still life up in low light using a 15W light bulb.  Hard part was lighting the panel and palette without influencing the set up.  I had to make alot of adjustments to the color on the wood slab and the cast shadows.  What is normally a dark mixture is not dark enough for a low light condition. 

This is a 5x7 Oil on Linen Panel. 

Hey, Made my first sale. The Village House

So, I brought the painting by the house that I painted.  They made an offer I could not refuse.  Nothing crazy, but fair for a journeyman artist.  Kind of embarrassed by the praise.  Told them I was happy when the framer recognized the flowers even thought they were painterly.