Pitching Side By Side

These two buildings, side by side, and not on the same level, are also pitched in opposing directions.  They have appealed to me since I first saw them, not only because of the pitching, but the distant view in between them.  The next time I paint them I will try a squarer panel.  They are located in Pownal, Vermont.  10x20 inches, oil on linen panel.

Karen Elizabeth

The era of masted boats continues somewhat with trawlers, this one, the Karen Elizabeth, from Galilee in Rhode Island.  All those metal posts are used to deploy the nets instead of sails.  They have a rich graphical quality, just like the old masts.  I also love the combination of the hard boat and the soft, reflective water.  16x20 inches, oil on linen panel. 

More Obvious

A few steps away from where I painted on Tuesday in Vermont, looking in the same direction, I did this one making more obvious the "repoussoir", otherwise known at the big pine tree in the right foreground. 10x20 inches, oil on linen panel.

Hot And Muggy

The view yesterday from Camp Sarsaparilla in Pownal, VT, where even up high it was still hot and muggy.  10x20 inches, oil on linen panel.

Made In Vermont

This painting was made in Vermont yesterday.  The sky was flat and formed an interesting pattern with the huge tree on one side and almost fading into the barn on the other.  12x16 inches, oil on linen panel.

Fortitude

 This boat in Galilee is called the "Fortitude".  16x20 inches, oil on linen panel.

Directly North in Vermont

As soon as the sun came out today, I went to Vermont to paint a view I saw last week, looking directly north from Camp Sarsaparilla in Pownal.  12x16 inches, oil on linen panel.  

Narragansett Trawler

A trawler at Narragansett, RI.  My seventh boat painting in the format of 16x20 inches, oil on linen panel.  Across the water is Jerusalem.  

North By AT

A painting done four years ago that I've never posted.  It depicts the view north down the Appalachian Trail towards North Adams, MA from the edge of the road at the top of Mount Greylock.  The size is approximately 12x16 inches, oil on multimedia board.

In Galilee

Last week I visited Galilee, a fishing village in Narragansett, RI, where I found this wooden boat. Across the bay is another fishing village called Jerusalem, directly reachable only by boat or walking on water.  16x20 inches, oil on linen panel.  

Done And Gone

This one I did from Sheep Hill in Williamstown, MA looking northeast when the mid-afternoon clouds were flying by.  When I was done, the clouds were gone.  9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.

A Busy Remote Spot

It's a small painting done in a remote spot, but while there I met two hikers, and then the farmer came to rescue the cow and her calf, and then the hikers came back, so I told them what they had missed.  8x10 inches, oil on linen panel.  

Yesterday Afternoon

Mount Greylock and the Hopper from Sheep Hill yesterday afternoon. 9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.

Rockport Painting

This painting underwent some slight changes, so I photographed it again. For some reason, I've always wanted to do this view.  16x20 inches, oil on linen panel.

Under The Trees

When I don't visit the mountain, like last Saturday when it was too hazy, and probably too crowded, I went to Field Farm, where there was no one around, except for two women weaving on and off the path looking for fungi.  This is a partial sous bois.  I was under the trees looking towards the mountains.  8x16 inches, oil on linen panel.

What It Was

When the hikers emerge out of the woods, and start climbing the stone steps, if they turn around to look back, this is the view they see, at least yesterday.  Yesterday, after they saw me, they were turning around to see what it was that I was painting.  12x16 inches, oil on linen panel.  

Quiet, Calming Awe

From the moon, Earth's mountains are probably not visible, but when one is on top of even a small mountain, like Greylock, one feels a quiet, calming awe.  I also discovered that it's easier to paint clouds from down below since the higher up you go, so do the clouds, and one's panel is not large enough to include them.  9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.

Boat On Exhibition

My painting of the moored boat at the Marine Railways at Rocky Neck in Gloucester, I am delighted to say, was accepted into the exhibition Land & Light & Water & Air at the Bryan Memorial Art Gallery.  The exhibition will run from September 9th to November 7th.

To Walk Or Not

Driving up the mountain, I thought about how I used to walk up.  Later, a book I'm reading on walking admonished me for not walking up the mountain.  Perspective is important here.  I need to paint with all my faculties.  Being weary won't help.  When there was a time I could easily walk up the mountain, I didn't have the ability to paint it.  9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  

The Motif On The Easel

 This is the painting at the moment on my easel in the studio. 16x20 inches, oil on linen panel.

Easel Facing East

On Monday afternoon I found the pathways at Field Farm essentially dry underfoot, a welcome change.  I set up my easel facing east towards Mount Greylock.  12x16 inches, oil on linen panel.

On The Grassy Path

Late in the afternoon a couple days ago, I set up my painting easel to capture the parallel light stripes on the grassy path at Sheep Hill. 9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.

Observations From On High

Instagram tells me that I did this painting three days ago.  I walked north along the path at the top of Sheep Hill looking for a different view.  The path is up high so that the sounds from below drift up faintly.  There's a lot of milkweed, so a lot of butterflies to be seen.  The weedy plants in the fields are chest high. One can see where animals have made tunnels in the weeds. 12x16 inches, oil on linen panel.