24. Last Light 2 (Progress)

Based on my smaller painting "Last Light", I have started this much larger painting.  It is 24" x 36".  A lot of peopel have responded to my process photos - so I am trying to remember to step back and take photos at key junctures!

23. Last Light

"Last Light"

11"x14"
SOLD

This is loosely based on a photo that I took after painting a barn in PA one evening.  I turned and saw this scene and it took my breath away!  The coolness of the shade in the foreground and the warmth of the fast-fading light.  I showed my husband the photo, and after I gushed, I could tell that he was non-plussed.  I then realized that I was responding to my memory of the moment and the scene more than the photo that i had.  So I tried to paint my memory - and I think that it worked! 

22. Golden Glow

Golden Glow

7x12
Ptg 1, Day 1 of Residency

This is the first Painting that I painted while I was the Artist in Residence at Catoctin Mountain National Park.  I got there a little later than I expected, and was tired.  But the light was fantastic and I couldn't wait to start painting.  This was just outside my cabin.  The tress were lit up in the distance and seemed to glow with a light all their own...2 weeks later the leaves had filled in to such an extent that the trees in the distance were no longer visible...

21. Breaking Day

12x12  oil on canvas board

This is another piece that I painted during the Chestertown Plein-Aire Festival. I actually got up and out very early one morning and drove to the Eastern Neck Natural Wildlife Refuge, which was about 45 minutes away. I wanted to get there as the sun rose - but I was a little late. I was set up by 7 am, and the sky still had this amazing peachy pink glow, underneath a bank of silvery clouds. It was worth the effort to be in such a beautiful place - but it was cold, 38 degrees, and there was as steady cold wind off of the water.....

30. Song of Spring

11x14, oil on panel

I painted this during the plein-aire festival Paint the Town in Chestertown MD last week. This was my favorite painting that I did during the week - but not the one that I sold! I titled it "Song of Spring" because I was seranaded by bull frogs as I painted - pretty cool!

SOLD

29. Day is Done

8x8,  oil on canvas board

As I painted this - I was reminded of the words that accompany "Taps"...

28. Quiet Morning

9x12   oil on board

It feels like I have not had enough time to paint lately...so it was wonderful to get back into my studio yesterday and paint this!  It is loosely based on a photo reference taken early in the morning at Riverbend Park in Virginia.