Amber's Day, and other news
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.
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.
