The Cows Are Gone

The sun went in, as they say, when I photographed my painting on site, the other day. The scene is the entrance in Williamstown, MA to the pasture where I painted this spring with the cows.  The cows are now gone and the grass is tall.

Beckoning Mountains

The mountains beckon from afar.  9x12 inches, oil on panel.

Permethrin and Glaciers

A painting from a couple days ago at a site that is familiar to a few local artists in Williamstown, MA.  The grass is tall now and I boldly went in again with my permethrin treated pants. The contour of that glacier-scoured mountain always amazes.  9x12 inches, oil on panel.

At The Corner Of The Quad

At the corner of the Quad.  9x12 inches, oil on panel.

Plein Air

Though it was hot, this location was shady and breezy, and the view is quite spectacular.  9x12 oil on panel.

Campus Sketches

This morning I wandered around the campus, scouting out some views to paint, and made a few pencil sketches. 

Quick and Quick

A quick pencil sketch and a quick oil sketch from one corner of a quad at Williams College in Williamstown, MA.  Both 9x12 inches.

Jumping Dog

When I was painting this view of the pond at Field Farm in Williamstown, MA, a large black dog was periodically running and jumping into the pond to my left.  At least the dog was having fun. 9x12 inches, oil on panel. 

Looking Across The River

From yesterday morning, looking across the Hoosic River in Williamstown, MA.  12x9 inches, oil on panel.

Shallow and Wide

The Hoosic River is shallow and wide at this location in Williamstown, MA. Both the painting and drawing are 9x12 inches.

Sky and Water

A painting of Mauserts Pond at Clarksburg State Park from yesterday.  9x12 inches, oil on linen.

Tunnel City

A painting I recently completed of Tunnel City Coffee on Spring Street in Williamstown, MA, for a Williams alum.  It's an autumn view from five years ago.  A similar painting is on view at Tunnel City.  12x24 inches, oil on panel.

Adrift

Another painting from yesterday, while at Mauserts Pond at Clarksburg State Park displaying an inlet that slowly morphs into vegetation.  It's narrow enough that I was able to talk with kayakers who drifted in.  9x12 inches, oil on linen.

Looking North

Even though there's not a body of water in sight, there's still, thankfully, plenty of green.  This is the view I saw at the top of Luce Road in Williamstown, MA. looking north this afternoon.  9x12 inches, oil on panel.

Unknown Pond

When I first heard of this small pond, I never imagined how overgrown and impassable would be its edges, except for one access point.  And it's in eastern Massachusetts in a fairly well-developed area.  While quietly painting yesterday at the pond, I witnessed numerous splashes, sources unknown to me, and a muskrat crossing over from one side to other.  There's an old beaver lodge on the opposite shore, but all the  dropped trees and chewed stumps are not recent. 9x12 inches, oil on linen; 9x12 inches, pencil on paper.