Amber's Day, and other news

 

                                                              "Amber's Day"
                                                                             oil on canvas, 24" x 30"

Here is one of the new paintings completed this summer.  It is named for my daughter, based on a reference photo she took at the Alburgh Dunes last June.  I just loved the look of that brilliant blue sky and the plane of empty beach.  The perfect June day.  This painting is in the "Art at the Coach Barn Show" at Shelburne Farms, the show features over 100 artists this year and runs from Oct. 18 - Nov.4.

It was a busy summer, and because we had day after day of hot sunny weather, I was able to spend many days outside painting plein air.  My painting partner, Maurie Harrington, and I found ourselves painting many local barns around the Champlain Islands.  We are thinking of turning this into a project of documenting the many beautiful old barns in our region.

                                             "Dawn, Isle La Motte Bridge", oil on canvas, 12" x 24"

This painting is from a series of dawn paintings I have been working on. In April, the sunrise was just east of our bridge to the island, I enjoyed the peace of these early mornings, just the birds and an occasional fish jumping to break the stillness.

April News and Upcoming Events

Noble Hill Road

oil on canvas, 10" x 20 "

This is one of my paintings accepted to the show "Land and Light and Water and Sky" at the Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville, Vermont. The scene is a field on the top of Noble Hill in Isle La Motte, one of the highest spots on the island. Noble hill road is one of my favorite painting sites, with views down the hill to the lake. It was painted last November. 

The opening reception is on Sunday, May 6th, from 3:00 -5:00.  There will be an artist round table and awards during the reception.  The show runs through July 8, and will showcase many fine regional landscape painters.

I have been gearing up for a plein air event in May, a plein air festival at the Horticultural Farm at the University of Vermont in Burlington on May 19th.  I have never painted there before,and I'm looking forward to capturing all of those beautiful spring flowers, and trees.