In the Heat on the Path

Path, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on Raymar panel.  The path looks like it's going into a cave.  I set up in the heat on the path to paint it this morning.  The tall grass probably won't be around much longer for this is about the time when the mowers appear.

Juggling On the North Trail

Mount Greylock from Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on board. I was juggling compositional elements on the North Trail yesterday afternoon.  

Passageway

Path, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, pencil on paper. I drew this while on my walk the other day.  It's a path cut into the tall grass going into the woods that feels like a passage from one realm into another.

Field Farm Path

Path at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  I went for a walk yesterday.

Entrance Mark

Path, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 8x6 inches, ballpoint pen on paper.  I brought rudimentary tools to record my walk this afternoon at Field Farm.  I love how the path has this dark indentation in the grass to mark its entrance into the woods.

Study of a Tree

Study of a Tree at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.  I've been working on this one for a while. It's a real study in the sense that I am trying to do something different and learn from it. When I first saw the tree three weeks ago, it was like Annie Dillard's tree with the lights in it. Time will tell what I've learned.

A Lively Tree

Tree on North Trail, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, oil on linen panel.  I saw this lively tree the other day and came back to paint it on site this afternoon before the clouds appeared.

A Landscape

Mount Greylock from Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  A landscape that really happened.

Coming Soon

Looking South from Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  Summer will be here soon.  

A Little Reminder

Greylock from Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  A little painting of a high summer view as a reminder of what's coming.

Slowly Awakening

Trees at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA.  9x12 inches, conte crayon on paper.  I went walking yesterday and made this drawing. I realized later that I drew some Ents slowly awakening.

Mixed Media Winter Weather

Frozen Pond, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, watercolor, acrylic, pastel and ink on mixed media paper.  

Mount Greylock

Mount Greylock from Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, pencil, charcoal, watercolor and pastel on paper.  A mixed media drawing that I started on location and completed in the studio.  

Quick Expression

Field Farm View North, Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, mixed media on mixed media paper. Mixed media allows for quick expression.

 

Field Farm Thicket

Field Farm Thicket, Williamstown, MA.  8x10 inches, mixed media on mixed media paper.  I'm experimenting with mark makers.

Multi-media Greylock

Greylock from Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, multi-media on multi-media paper.  I used charcoal pencil, watercolor, pastel, acrylic gouache and fixative.

Afternoon Light

Afternoon Light at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 11x14 inches, oil on canvas panel.  The sunlight at this time, mid-late afternoon in mid-late August, is spectacular but it moves and fades quickly.  I tried to preserve some of it in this painting from yesterday.

Sitting On The Edge

Hay Bales, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 11x14 inches, oil on canvas panel.  Yesterday I found this hay bale sitting on the edge of the path and on the edge of the shadow.

Speaking Tree

Tree at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA.  8x10 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  While walking the North Trail, this tree spoke to me.  It said, "Bob, look here."

Field Farm Trail

Field Farm Trail, Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  A painting I did yesterday after a walk at Field Farm on the North Trail.  It never takes long for these plants to grow above one's head.