Center Street Sentinel

A painting, just completed, of a series I'm doing of North Adams, MA.  This one is a view from the past.  16 x 20 inches, oil on panel.

A Lot Of Water Or Maybe Not

This morning, before the rain, I went back to Mt. Hope Park and the Green River, where I painted earlier this year in May and June.  Even though the river has been low all year, a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then.  The painting is 8x10 inches.  The drawing is slightly larger.

A Little Painting

 A little plein air painting of the pond done a couple days ago.  8x10 inches, oil on panel.

Flatiron

 The Flatiron Building at Eagle Street in North Adams, MA. 16x20 inches, oil on panel.

Look At Me

Mauserts Pond was still and quiet when I arrived yesterday morning.  Visually everything was shouting, 'Look at me!'. 9x12 inches, oil on panel.

More Shore

Having to choose between the dusty corn field at my feet, or the quiet water of a pond, I opted for the pond.  The pond is smaller and shallower now than when I painted there a couple months ago.  I can see more of the bottom from the shore, and there is more shore. 9x12 inches, oil on panel.

Different Time Same Place

On the first day of July, which seems like a long time ago, I started this painting at Mauserts Pond.  I completed it yesterday.  The weather was similar though the season is not. 9x12 inches, oil on linen.

Wasteland

 The wasteland of a corn field,  a sad beauty.  9x12 inches, charcoal pencil on paper.

Like Tiny Birds

So I spent some time painting at the edge of a dusty and strangely attractive corn field, a corn field in which all the corn stalks were shattered to bits.  The ground was littered with corn tinsel.  Some pieces even flew around like tiny birds.  8x10 inches, oil on panel.

Old Sprawl

The back view of a sprawling, old mill in North Adams, MA, now partly renovated and re-purposed under the name Greylock Works.  12x 24 inches, oil on panel.

On The Street

 Eagle Street, North Adams, MA.  12x16 inches, oil on panel.

Continuation

This afternoon the sun reappeared so I continued my series at Greylock Works in North Adams, MA.  Both the painting and the drawing are 12x9 inches.  

Mill Work

The hazy sun lasted long enough earlier today for me to complete this drawing and painting at Greylock Works.  Both are 9x12 inches.  

Fringe On Top

 The chimney with a fringe on top at Greylock Works in North Adams, MA appeals to me.  But so does the combination of red brick and blue sky.  And sites of former glory, which are still beautiful, or beautiful because of what they have been and are now, like Roman ruins, or old New England mills.  But this old mill is slowly being transformed.  I don't know how long the fringe will be there.

Greylock Works

 By chance we visited Greylock Works last night for outdoor dining.  The meal was wonderful, but driving out, I saw something else wonderful.   I came back this afternoon to make a couple sketches, one in oil and the other in charcoal pencil, while the sun lasted.  9x12 inches.

Nobody

 While working on this one, I kept expecting the cows to show up, but they never did.  The farmer has been working in the upper fields:  the tractors have torn up the dirt road. But I didn't see him either.  9x12 inches, oil on panel.

Rising Curtain

 A dark cloud from the day I did the other one: this dark cloud rose up like a curtain.  May all dark clouds rise up like curtains and disappear.  8x10 inches, oil on panel.

Busy Road

 After the sun came out, I went back to my favorite dirt road.  While I was there, it was busy.  The farmer brought three trailer loads of young cows to add to the herd.  I was told the next step for the herd is being bred to become dairy cows.  The bull, who I was told is not trustworthy, is in a nearby pasture, which I will not attempt to visit.

Patterns

A painting of patterns done while I was set up on the dirt road between the cornfield and the pasture facing in the opposite direction of the previously posted painting.  9x12 inches, oil on panel.  

Back To The Corn Field

 A painting from a couple days ago: the dirt road separating the corn field from the pasture. 8x10 inches, oil on panel.

Figure Sketches

 Two figure sketches, one in charcoal pencil, and one in oil.  Both 9x12 inches.

Dark Cloud

Two days ago I set up to paint some small, light clouds, but they disappeared quickly, replaced by a large, dark cloud.   I decided not to wait for the light clouds to return, which they eventually did an hour later.  8x10 inches, oil on panel.  

Luce Oil Sketch

 An oil sketch done at the top of Luce Road yesterday morning in Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, oil on panel.

In The Field

 A painting from my brief time yesterday in the field off of Sloan Road in Williamstown, MA.  8x10 inches, oil on panel.  

Still Working

This painting I started four years ago, indicating at the time, that I may continue to work on it.  So I continued to work on it this past week.  30 x 32 inches, oil on canvas.

The Old Man And The Painting

This afternoon when I started this painting I was looking toward the sun.  By the time I finished it the sun was no longer shining.  The painting was getting away from me.   I kept hauling on the line, pulling harder and harder.  I don't remember what happened next.  9x12 inches, oil on panel.

Bush In The Field

 A small painting done in the field off of Sloan Road in Williamstown, MA.  8x10 inches, oil on panel.

A Large Painting

This is a large painting, 3 x 4 feet, that I just completed.  It depicts Mount Prospect on the right as seen from the top of a hay field off of Sloan Road in Williamstown, MA.  Oil on canvas.

In The Suburbs

While in the suburbs, I had an hour or so.  I wandered around the front yard, and then the back yard, before I set up in the front yard.  9x12 inches, oil on panel.