My Phone Rang

A View of Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA. 12x24 inches, oil on linen panel.  Just as I was blocking in this painting my phone rang.  The property owner was calling to alert me that a bear had just passed by the house and was headed up the hill in my direction.  I now painted looking in two directions, forward and over my shoulder.  Nothing.  I continued to paint for a while.  Then I heard a branch break loudly.  Hello? What's that?  I was painting at the junction of two ATV paths.  I moved a little backwards and looked down the path into the forest and saw a big bear looking at me.  I may be reading a lot into what I saw, but he seemed embarrassed to have been so clumsy, or apologetic for disturbing me.  He was just trying to see what I was doing.  In any case, he turned around and ran off deeper into the woods and I continued to paint.

In a Sloping Field

Yesterday's Tree. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.  The tree sits in a sloping field across from Sheep Hill in Williamstown, MA. This view looks south.

Across From Sheep Hill

The Hill Across from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.  A second painting from yesterday.

Looking at Sheep Hill

Looking at Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA.  9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  Over the years I've painted the view at Sheep Hill many times.  But I've never painted Sheep Hill from the view, until today. 

Spring Street Pinwheel

Spring Street, Williamstown, MA. 16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas. I like the pinwheel composition and moving from shadow into the distant light.

Thursday Afternoon

Thursday Afternoon. 12x24 inches, oil on linen canvas.  If this painting reminds you of anything, it was intentional.  If not, it's ok. It depicts a portion of the Mausert Block on Park Street in Adams, MA. 

Larger Spring Street

 Spring Street, Williamstown, MA. 18x24 inches, oil on linen canvas.  A larger version.  

Spring Street in the Spring

Spring Street, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, gouache and watercolor on mixed media paper. Spring Street in the spring.  

A Momentous Day

Spring Street, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, gouache on mixed media paper. I was surprised by the early morning clouds suggesting a momentous day.

Today from Yesterday

View from the Sixth Floor, Springfield, MA. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel. This painting was done from yesterday's gouache sketch.  

Some Indirection

View from the Sixth Floor, Springfield, MA. 9x12 inches, gouache on mixed media paper. You will be happy to read that I might be done with this motif, but first an experiment.  I want to use some indirection, so this painting is based upon my digital reference. The next painting (posted tomorrow) relies completely upon the gouache sketch.  I like that word "relies".

Sometimes It Rains

Rainy Day, Springfield, MA. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.  Sometimes it rains.  View from the sixth floor.

Towards I-91

Springfield, MA. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel. Another view from the sixth floor towards I-91.

View from the Sixth Floor

View from the Sixth Floor, Springfield, MA.  12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.  A slow sketch, done in the studio, of a view that I kept looking at in the last couple weeks.

View of Mount Greylock

View of Mount Greylock from an Old Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x16 inches, oil on linen panel.  I haven't posted for a couple of weeks. I've been dealing with something more important than painting. This is the last painting I did over two weeks ago.