Mark and Remark
Pastel and Oil Paintings by Robert Lafond
Thursday, October 17, 2024
The Same Spot
The Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel. I went back to the same spot where I painted a couple weeks ago and did it again.
Labels:
berkshires,
Field Farm,
landscape,
oil,
plein air,
pond,
williamstown
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Nubble Lighthouse
Labels:
landscape,
Maine,
Nubble Lighthouse,
oil,
seacoast,
seascape,
studio painting,
York
Monday, October 14, 2024
Saturday, October 12, 2024
A Tree Drawing
A Tree, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x9 inches, charcoal pencil on paper. A lifeless tree is very much alive.
Labels:
berkshires,
charcoal,
drawing,
Field Farm,
landscape,
life drawing,
plein air,
williamstown
Friday, October 11, 2024
A Blue Sea
The Mediterranean Sea at Cap Ferrat. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel. I've always liked the words of Cezanne to Pissarro about painting the sea at L'Estaque: "red roofs against a blue sea," signifying the simplicity required for painting in the brilliant light of the south of France.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Little Pleasant Bay
Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on linen panel. An August plein air painting not previously posted.
Sunday, October 6, 2024
The Tide and the Sun
Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel. Both the tide and the sun were going out at the same time.
Labels:
Massachusetts,
oil,
orleans,
seacoast,
seascape,
studio painting
Friday, October 4, 2024
Ogunquit Sea and Rocks
Labels:
abstraction,
Maine,
ocean,
Ogunquit,
oil,
seacoast,
seascape,
studio painting
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Monday, September 30, 2024
This Afternoon Now Gone
The Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel. This afternoon I painted again the corner of the pond, which I've painted many times before. There used to be a beaver lodge here, but the owners and their home are now gone.
Labels:
beaver,
berkshires,
Field Farm,
landscape,
oil,
plein air,
pond,
williamstown
Sunday, September 29, 2024
The Hopper Ravine
The Hopper, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel. At the end of Hopper Road, one can see the ravine called "The Hopper". I painted this on site on Friday afternoon.
Labels:
berkshires,
Hopper,
landscape,
mountains,
plein air,
williamstown
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Cape Cod at Orleans
Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel. A plein air painting not previously posted.
Friday, September 27, 2024
On An Island
The Nubble Lighthouse, York, ME. 9x12 inches, gouache on mixed media paper. I didn't realize until I walked over that it sits on an island.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Reflections at Field Farm
Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel. This one I painted two weeks ago at the pond.
Labels:
berkshires,
Field Farm,
landscape,
plein air,
pond,
williamstown
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
South Trail
South Trail Passage, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel. From three weeks ago when it was still summer.
Labels:
Field Farm,
landscape,
oil,
plein air,
williamstown
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