First Sun in the Valley

At Dawn on Chapel pond the sun peeks over the mountain. This view is looking up at Giant Mt from the road at Chapel pond on the way to Keene Valley pastel  11x17in 

Cairn Study -Family

A group of Cairns I discovered on Owlhead Lookout

10x10in oil  

 

Cars of Keene Valley

Pride

Envy

12x12 oil on birch panel

 Lust

12x12 oil

Keene Valley Car #1 (Sloth)

 

Keene Valley , NY must have more antique cars per square mile than Jay Leno's garage. I love discovering them as I walk through the town. Folks  garage them all winter and drive them to the market or to dinner at the Ausable Club in the summertime. They appeal to me for their color, shape , and humor. After so many beautiful landscapes painted it's fun to change it up and do a colorful old car. I plan to do a series of full frontals because they remind me of faces. It occurred to me that it might be interesting  to name them after the 7 deadly sins ,( or virtues) . We'll see.  12x12in oil   

March Paintings

DRYDOCK,- the Skipjack Martha Lewis

  16x20in oil on acrylic 

Keene Vally Firetruck 

10x10in oil 

Here are two paintings I finished this weekend. The top is a Skipjack in Havre de Grace, MD pulled out of the water for repairs. It's one of the last workboats on the Chesapeake Bay. I sketched the boat then made an underpainting in acrylic. The acrylic dries fast  and I can then paint over in oils. The second painting is my annual donation the the Keene Valley firedept. Each year since 2009 I have painted the firetruck in different locations for a fundraiser in the summer.   It's nice that they park it somewhere different every year. I don't think they do it for me.  

Summer of 48

Came upon this classic automobile in front of St, Brendan's Church in Keene, NY. I was not only attracted by the subject but by how the sky was reflected in the black of the paint. I got to mix my blacks and cerulean blues!  I began with a sharply delineated drawing, mapping out color shapes then a quick underpainting in acrylics , finishing off in oils.  . 12x12in oil 

Augies' Village ( Lost Dog)

 

I came upon this wonderful Christmas toy village made of wooden blocks at a friends house. It was lit up by a table lamp. I was intrigued by the shadows as if it was a real village, so real that I added my friends dog, Augie. 21x21in.charcoal