Another local landscape

This is Paradise Pond at Smith College.  I have never been there and noticed it on the internet while browsing.  It was just after painting the Old Mill waterfall so I suppose that might have been why I was inspired to paint it.  The painting is a 16x20 acrylic on stretched canvas.

Night on the Town

Summer is here an it's time for me to finish up some paintings begun in the winter.  This 3D applied canvas board is 18x24.  While working on 'Nate's Diner' I applied some everyday items to 2 canvases.  This one with the items a woman might use before her big date, and the other has office supplies.

Long before I got the idea for Night on the Town I thought I might like to paint a row of brownstone like buildings, so I placed my couple right out in the street.

If you have any ideas for the office supplies leave me a comment...

a great place to visit

Here is a painting of The Old Mill Inn, located in Hatfield, Ma.  In addition to being a beautiful place to stay the owners are now offering local artwork, including mine, for sale at affordable prices.  The last two post paintings as well as this one and others are now on sale at this location.  Check out their site   @oldmillinn.ma

covered bridge

Nothing says New England like a covered bridge.  This is the one in Stanley Park in Westfield, Ma.  A little breath of spring for our unusually cool April.

New location

So here in New England we apparently now have a 'rainy season', go figure.  for the last week it has rained once a day, sometimes very hard.  The forecast calls for rain for another week at least.  Today we have a flood warning.  Soooo painting outside, even under a tent is not the greatest plan.   Here is plan B.  The porch.  A little cramped, but with the help of a fan a little dryer.  Did I mention the humidity?  70%!!!  This IS New England right?  Enough complaining, it is still more fun to paint on a rainy day than not to paint on a sunny one!  :)  

What you are looking at is the under-painting, if your not familure with the term look up the postings for November 2008 where I show the steps from composing to finished painting.  The colors will change, for the most part my underpainting are the deepest tones or the shadows of the true colors.  This will be most evident in the base that will be lightly colored sand when it is done.  I'll update the progress - later.