Yester House Foyer Exhibition

In July I spent four days painting inside and outside at Yester House at the Southern Vermont Arts Center as the "artist in residence."  This past month the SVAC has been exhibiting the resulting eight paintings in the foyer of Yester House for which I am grateful.  They will be up through this Sunday.

Ins and Outs, Ups and Downs

Thursday at SVAC: an interior and an exterior painting.  For me, the challenge of painting is to do something with what's there in front of you, or maybe just to the side.  The interior painting is a view looking out of the large red piano gallery into the main hallway.  All the ins and outs, and ups and downs, aren't so obvious until one starts looking at them.  The exterior painting is of Yester House at the back from down the grassy slope looking up.  Both paintings are 12x16 oil on panel.

Inside and Out

Today at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, I did one painting inside in the large piano room, this time looking out the double doors towards the mountains.  That sunlight reflection didn't last very long.  I relied on a sketch that I made prior to the painting.

The other painting I did outside in the early afternoon.  It depicts the front door of Yester House, and as you can see from the accompanying photo of my setup,  I had to work in the sun to get this particular angle.

Both panels are 16x12 oils.