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.

27. Glow

12x16 oil on canvas board

I painted this on canvas that I mounted onto board.  It was a very nice surface to paint on!  I was really looking at the composition on this one, trying to control the eye as it moves through the painting.  Then I was working to get the idea of the light emanating from behind the tree.  It really does seem to glow!

26. Morning Glow

SOLD

12x7 oil on canvas board

I like the way the format changes the composition and the emphasis of the painting.  My eye lingers in the shadow more in this format.  Compare this painting to 23 - same subject, bu a different composition.

25. The Moon, in all it's Splendor

SOLD

16x16, oil on canvas

This is a bit larger than most of the paintings that I have been working on lately:  16" x 16" and is on stretched canvas rather than canvas board.  The canvas is very fine.  I really worked in the composition on this one, and tried to keep it loose.

24. Stand of Trees

12x12 oil on canvas board

I realize now that this composition is a lot like the one that I did yesterday.....I was interested in painting trees.