Wintry Greylock

The other day I read that George Inness was good at smearing paint on canvas and making it look like a lot of different things.   In the place where I live I can easily go and look at some Inness paintings.  I can confirm that he was good at it.  Here I smeared some paint to look like a wintry Mount Greylock, as it can be seen from Field Farm in Williamstown, MA. 18x24 inches, oil on linen canvas.

So I Paint It

This is Mount Greylock from the Adams, MA side.  There's something about a mountain that I can't explain, so I paint it.  18x24 inches, oil on linen canvas.

A Modest Painting

A modest painting of the other side of Mount Greylock, which I painted at Greylock Glen in Adams, MA a couple days ago.  6x8 inches, oil on line panel.

Painted Recently

This one I painted recently on Sloan Road in Williamstown, MA, looking towards The Hopper and Mount Greylock.  Happy Thanksgiving!  6x8 inches, oil on panel.  

The Last Warm Day

A photo of a recent painting done on probably the last warm day of 2021, off of Sloan Road in Williamstown, MA, looking directly east at Mount Greylock and The Hopper.  12x16 inches, oil on linen panel.

Mountain View

Mount Greylock and The Hopper from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA.  18x24 inches, oil on linen canvas.

Never The Same

A painting from almost a year ago, which I've reworked.  It shows the view north from Sheep Hill in Williamstown, MA in winter very late in the afternoon.  From day to day, the landscape is never the same; sometimes it is very unusual.  9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  

At The Moment

This is where I am at the moment with the mountain painting.  I may start another one before I finish this one.  18x24 inches, oil on canvas.  

A Study A Lot

This is a plein air study for a larger painting that I'm working on at the moment: a depiction of Mount Greylock and The Hopper from Sheep Hill in Williamstown, MA.  If you follow my work, you'll note that I paint this mountain view a lot.   6x8 inches, oil on panel.  

Turned, Looked, and Painted

A second small painting from when I did the last little one at Sheep Hill in Williamstown, MA: I turned and looked in a slightly different direction, and painted. 6x8 inches, oil on panel.

Straight Into The Hopper

A few years I saw that the late day sun in November would light up the leafless trees in front of The Hopper, while casting it into deep shadows.  I made a few pastel paintings then.  This time I wanted to make an oil painting, and the conditions were right last week.  The view is from the hayfield at the end of Hopper Road, looking straight into The Hopper in Williamstown, MA.  18x24 inches, oil on canvas.

A Large Mission

 A little painting with a large mission: show a view of the sloping hills and the mountains beyond from Sheep Hill in Williamstown, MA.  6x8 inches, oil on panel.  

Fish House

Fish House at the end of Fish Beach Lane on Monhegan Island, Maine.  16x20 inches, oil on linen panel.

Quick Resolution

The second little pond painting from the other day: when you have an opportunity to do a second one right after the first one, it's usually fun because it resolves quickly.  6x8 inches, oil on panel.

Nature Reflects

The appeal of painting outside is looking intently at something that is looking back.  6x8 inches, oil on panel.

Emblematic of Painting

Standing next the pond edge I watched and painted the late afternoon sun lighting everything up. When I stopped painting all had faded into shadows.  A reflecting pond is emblematic of painting itself.  Painting a reflective pond is...what?   9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.

Pattern-Mode

A painting I did Saturday morning at the edge of the pond in Grafton, MA.  Reflections put me in a pattern-mode.  9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.

 

FWIW

For what it's worth, I do an occasional figure study, which is usually a humbling experience. This is after two 20 minute sessions with the Zorn palette. 12x16 inches, oil on linen.

The Laundry Basket

Backyards and the spaces between houses have always caught my eye.  Here's a view of a space on Monhegan Island.  I could call this one 'the laundry basket'.  16x20 inches, oil on linen panel.