Summerhouse

This house in Keene Valley gets the first rays of the morning sun. as it rises up over the mountain. I am always facinated by the color of these pine trees. Sometimes they look orange. sometimes violet. I have painted this house before a year ago (older post) I think this one captures the warm morning light in August even better, oil 9x9in.

SOLD at the High Peaks show 2010

Bouquet River I

Fifteen years ago I discovered a beautiful hemlock forest where the Bouquet river flows through. The sun creates a constantly moving spectacle of color as the day progresses.I used to camp here but now I like to come here in the last days of my stay in the Adirondacks to soak up its quiet beauty. 18x26in. Pastel

Waters Edge, Chapel Pond

Another large pastel building on the last one. I'm pushing the drawing a bit, straying from the photographic to the calligraphic.

In the early morning Chapel pond can be so still and the water so dark it acts as a mirror. My intent is to depict reflected clouds, water and rocks with an expressive markmaking that recaptures that feeling I had standing on the shore. pastel 18x26in.

Cairn on Big Crow

Something about Cairns appeals to me. They appear like sentinals along the path. They mark the way with a sculptural presence that show us that someone has been here before. finished stage. pastel 18x26in. SOLD

Which Way to Turn

Driving along Sweet air Rd in Baltimore Co. MD at sunset I have often passed this small Methodist church and wondered if the the world was trying to lead us away. The setting just feeds my facination with roadsigns and their graphic impact on the landscape and how they not only tell us where to go but where to look. oil 9x9in. SOLD

maryland barn

One evening in May around 5 pm I drove by this barn with incredible blue shadows on Whittiker Mill Rd in Harford Co. MD. oil 9x9in.

Cairn on Big Crow

One of my earliest climbs in the Adirondacks was Big Crow Mt.

It's a smaller peak with a spectacular view, another one of the great walks in Keene. I am attracted to how the light plays over these sculptural entities. I love painting rocks. You build a painting just as the cairn was built. This is a large pastel and I haven't quite decided how "finished" it will be. I am working from several different photo references and it is not my intention copy the photo exactly. Why do that?

pastel 18x26in.