Busy Season Coming Up!

So far, it looks to be a busy summer of plein air painting competitions in Maryland! Paint the Town Chestertown-April 24-27, Paint Annapolis-June 23-28, Paint Ellicott City-July 11-14, Paint the Town Ocean City-Aug 8-10, Solomons Plein Air Festival-Sept 16-21. Art exhibits and sales after each competition. Whew!!
At least I will be painting in the warm weather again. Snow painting is an adventure but my toes get cold!
Come on out to one of these festivals and say hi!

"Snow Day"

4x6 inch oil on canvas panel

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A New Year!

Now that the holiday crazy has calmed down, it's nice to be back painting in my studio. I am working on larger paintings this new year but will be creating small studies also. This is a painting of a morning snowfall in Pennsylvania.

"Snow Alley"
6 x 8 inches oil on canvas panel
$100.00 plus shipping

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Late Fall

It's late fall and plants and flowers of the landscape are quickly losing their colors and turning brown. Here's a final tribute to the colors of the fall season.

"End of the Season"
8 x 8 inches oil on linen panel
$195.00 unframed

A treat for the day

A great way to start off a sunny fall day. A cup of coffee and a warm croissant!

"Morning Treat"
5 x 7 inches oil on canvas panel
$100.00 unframed plus shipping

Plein air painting and a New Shop!

A new plein air painting done just as a morning rainstorm started to clear.
 Please visit my new shop at Fine Art America for prints of some of my work. Great ideas for holiday gifts!





"Storm Clearing"
8x10 inches oil on canvas panel
$195.00 unframed plus shipping

Paint Annapolis!

I along with other painters from the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters group braved the heat this past June to participate in Paint Annapolis 2013. I found a quiet shady spot and quickly completed this study.

"Annapolis Alley"
8x8 inches
oil on panel
$195.00 unframed plus shipping

More Scratchboard Fun

Decided to work on a seasonal scratchboard illustration. Once I finished the original piece, I then scanned it into my computer and added color in Photoshop. I think I'll do some more of these types of illustrations. They are a lot of fun to do!

Sometimes you get wet...

I really was yearning all winter for a snow painting, then one day in March we had a heavy wet snowfall. I dashed out early in the morning to a field nearby and did color sketches and took some photos. While I was there, the weather changed quickly, started to sleet, then rain. Getting soaked, I ran back to my suv and found the wheels rapidly sinking in the mud. After a few tries, my trusty AWD got me out of the mud and back home to dry off and warm up.
And here is the result!

Last Snow

12x16 inches oil on hardboard

$400.00 unframed plus shipping

Gallery Exhibit

I will be exhibiting these three paintings in the "Celebrate Plein Air with Paint Talbot" exhibit at
Church Alley Gallery, May 2013
Address:
Church Alley Gallery, 32-34 S. Washington Street
Easton, MD, 21601.
Opening date:
First Friday May 3, 2013, 5-7 pm. Exhibit runs through May 29, 2013.

Top Painting:
"Screened Porch"
8x10 inches oil on stretched canvas

Middle Painting:
"Anchorage View"
5x7 inches oil on canvas panel

Bottom Painting:
"Cherry Blossoms"
6x6 inches oil on hardboard panel

Still waiting for the warm...

The weather is still a bit chilly. The blossoms on my cherry tree are still hiding. Spring come already, I want to get out and paint!
Here is another of my studio studies, I decided to try my luck with using a palette knife. I love the texture and loose feeling it gives to a painting. Hope you agree!

"Red Orange"
6x6 inches oil on hardboard
$100.00 unframed plus shipping