All Different

A Pond, Grafton, MA. 8x10 inches, oil on linen panel.  This pond I've painted many times in recent years. Like all bodies of water, it's never the same. The pond is never the same. The paintings are all different. Each experience of painting the pond is different.

Mixed Media Winter Weather

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

The Pond and the Heron

Pond View, Grafton, MA. 8x10 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  On a weekend visit to Grafton, I painted a section of the pond.  A blue heron majestically landed in front of me but immediately departed when he saw me.

 

Pouring Outside

Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA.  8x10 inches, oil on canvas panel.  It's pouring outside, so here's another from the series inspired by the brief appearance of the sun. 

Summer Someday

Pond Corner at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on canvas.  Summer will come someday, just not today since it's snowing outside.  

Pond Greylock

Mount Greylock from Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  This view includes the frozen pond.

Autumn Pond

The Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  I worked quickly on this one chasing the light.

 

In The Afternoon

Pond, Grafton, MA. 9x12 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  A small, round pond that I visit with painting materials when I can. The light was gorgeous in the afternoon yesterday.

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.

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.  

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.

Afternoon Painting

The Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  This afternoon's painting.

Pond at Field Farm

Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  
 

The Pond at Field Farm

 The Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA.  8x10 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  

North Pond, Savoy

 North Pond, Savoy, MA. 8x10 inches, oil on canvas panel.  

The Folly at Field Farm

The Folly at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA.  8x10 inches, oil on canvas panel. "The Folly" is the modern house at the center of the painting.

A Pond Drawing

 A Pond Drawing. 9x12 inches, vine charcoal, charcoal pencil, & pastel on paper. 

The Other Side

 The Other Side of the Pond. 9x12 inches, vine charcoal & charcoal pencil on paper. 

Grafton Pond

Grafton Pond. 9x12 inches, vine charcoal & charcoal pencil on paper. When there's no opportunity to paint, draw.

Two Ponds

Yesterday, I visited a favorite pond and did these two small paintings from the same location, but one in the morning and the other late in the day.  Both are 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.