January has so far been a fickle month, a usual state of the climate here in New England. A few days have allowed this plein-air painter to at least sketch a scene briefly and work on the "rough draft" back in the studio. Here is a photo I took at low tide in Apponaug, RI:
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| Photo taken at Low Tide |
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Several days earlier I had stopped at the site with my oil set-up and painted a rough picture which I later touched up in the studio:
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| Low Tide, Apponaug , O/C 12x16 |
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The motivation behind the painting -- besides this outdoor painter spending too many days indoors!-- is the range of color, the brightness, the reflections in the muddy foreground, a painter's delight.
Another photo I took was of Wheeler State Beach last week:
The beach is still recovering from Hurricane Sandy and it is a favorite summer painting site for me during the waning light of day. My memory of beautiful late afternoons spent at Wheeler as well as this reference photo helped yo create a "virtual" plein-air state of mind. The result is the 14x18 oil shown here:
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| Wheeler Beach Afternoon, O/C, 14x18. |
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The beach is still recovering from Hurricane Sandy and it is a favorite summer painting site for me during the waning light of day. My memory of beautiful late afternoons spent at Wheeler as well as this reference photo helped yo create a "virtual" plein-air state of mind. The result is the 14x18 oil shown here:
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