Kilgore Falls

Last sat. weather was so clear and cool I drove out to Harford Co. MD's highest waterfall and painted on site.Kilgore Falls is a 10 min hike into the woods. I set up deep in the shadows. The sun broke through the trees in little bursts of bright color. It was a 2 hour color sketch but it was good to get out into the world and sit in woods and try to capture a fleeting moment. I will probably
re-work this sketch and deepen the shadows.
It was quite dark when I painted it in the woods and the painting is very pale under brighter lighting conditions. oil on birch panel 12x12 in SOLD

cairn II

This cairn sits atop Big Crow as well. It may be closer to the Nun da ga o ridge trail that links Big Crow with Mt Weston in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mts.

18x26in pastel

granite detail

A close up detail of the granite rockface from my pastel. the texture of the mineral colors reminds me of Jackson Pollack's "Lavender Mist." Perhaps this is where my direction is heading. This is what the rock pictures are really about.

The cairns are about place. This is about markmaking.

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