8×10″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Raymar canvas panel
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I was down painting in Hastings-on-Hudson this morning. The Hudson River view was gorgeous as always. The sun hit the cliffs in the early morning light, giving them a reddish color. As the morning wore on, they became darker and more violet. I am always amazed by how much the color of the cliffs changes so quickly there. I stuck with my early morning version.

After painting, I went to a wonderful exhibit at the Hudson River Museum of the work of Anna Richards Brewster…..highly recommended!

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8×10″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Canson board
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What was I thinking? I sat in the blistering hot sun at Tilly Foster Farm for hours to paint this. Even with my large beach umbrella for shade, the heat was too much today. When I was finished, I walked over to where my smart friends were painting, under the shade of a huge tree! It felt 20 degrees cooler there. The great subject matter of this old truck was more than I could resist, even in the heat. The hay bales were glistening in the morning sun, and the large barrel of flowers provided the final, beautiful touch. There’s an old car there now too; I’ll have to go back to paint that one as well!

My palette for this painting:
Naples Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Primrose
Pyrrole Red
Transparent Red Oxide
Ultramarine Blue
Phthalo Blue
Jenkins Green
Titanium White

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6×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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I spent a wonderful morning painting with friends at the historic home of Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph! His estate, Locust Grove, in Poughkeepsie, NY has exquisite, specimen trees, colorful gardens, and challenging architecture! Although the property overlooks the Hudson River, the area is overgrown, and only a glimpse of the water is visible. I was captivated by the light hitting the house in the morning sun.

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8×10″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Multimedia Artboard
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This painting began as a plein air sunrise on Friday. I did an experiment and started by coating the board with titanium white, then painting the subtle sunrise colors into that. Well, my experiment failed. The upper layers mingled with the wet white paint and it was all too chalky and subdued.

This morning I repainted it, bumping up the chroma and relying on my sunrise memory (I didn’t take photos that morning), plus a little extra saturation boost. I showed it to my husband, and we both felt I had overdone it and the colors were too strong.

So, the painting then moved on to its “third life”. I knocked down some of the brilliance of the color. The cloud formations and colors changed as I went through the different versions of the painting, so it isn’t the sunrise that was actually out over the lake on Friday morning, but rather the sunrise that evolved over the three lives of the painting.

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10×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard
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This is another painting done on location at Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring, New York. This little pond near the entrance not only had stunning birch trees, but beautiful pond lilies as well. Those will have to wait for another painting, hopefully soon!

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12×16″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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I had a wonderful excursion to Nyack today to paint along the Hudson River. The day was supposed to be very hot, so I left home early this morning to beat the heat. When I arrived at this wonderful path along the river, I was captivated by the yellow, atmospheric sky over the far hills across the river, and the shapes of the trees. This spot is very close to the parking lot, but I saw no reason to venture further, and set up my easel.

I used more than my usual limited palette for this one, expanding my colors to a whopping seven tubes!
Buff Titanium
Naples Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Primrose
Cadmium Red Light
Transparent Red Oxide
Ultramarine Blue
Titanium White (hardly used it at all)
The buff titanium and naples yellow were great additions to my palette for this particular scene. I think they’ll likely become staples for these atmospheric, early morning paintings.

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6×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on linen
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The Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of New York Plein Air Painters gathered at Stonecrop gardens in Cold Spring, New York today. Usually when we paint in Cold Spring we paint along the Hudson, but this beautiful garden presented us with some welcome and varied changes of scenery. I started out down by this beautiful pond, with a stone bridge reflecting in the water.

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6×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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On Thursday we had a very special plein air event take place. Seth Golden, from Golden Artist Colors came down from their headquarters in New Berlin, New York with the full color line of the brand new Golden OPEN Acrylics. Members and guests of Lower Hudson Valley Plein Air Painters (our local chapter of New York Plein Air Painters) were able to try this product for the first time. I’ve been using it since last August, so I was thrilled to be able to have so many of my peers give it a test drive. I helped fill palettes and answer questions for much of the day, but I did get to paint this small one along the trout stream when things settled down in the afternoon. Many, many thanks to Seth and Golden Artist Colors for this fabulous opportunity.

I’d also like to extend a special thank you to Rick Rogers and Beth Herr, Preserve Managers at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation. They allowed us to reserve the Kimberly Bridge Picnic Area for this event, along the trout stream in the preserve. It was a perfect setting, with plenty of subject matter to keep our plein air crew happy, and tables for all the gear!

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12×16″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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This was painted on location in the heart of the Hudson River School, at Frederic Church’s Olana estate in Hudson, NY. You can feel his presence on the property and all that inspired his work. There is a complex of red barns with views over the valley and out to the Berkshire Mountains. I couldn’t have picked a more perfect morning to paint there.

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8×10″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Saunders Waterford 300lb rag watercolor paper
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I’ve been so busy out painting on location that I haven’t even had time to take photos of the paintings! This one was painted in Hudson, NY at Olana, home of Hudson River School painter Frederic Church. This overview of the Catskill Mountains is up by the top of the hill near the residence. There were wildflowers in bloom all over the fields, and the day was picture-perfect.

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5×7″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard

This is another painting from Poet’s Walk, near Rhinebeck, NY. This beautiful path winds through fields and trees on its way to the Hudson River. Many people go there with binoculars, to enjoy the varied bird life along the way.

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6×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylicss on 300 lb Saunders Waterford watercolor paper
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I was finally able to get out to paint plein air this evening for the first time since I hurt my back. Whatever pain I endured while crouched on my folding stool with my lap-painting box, was well worth it for the view of this spectacular sunset over the Hudson River.

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Approximately 6×8″
Oils on unstretched canvas, can be purchased as is, or mounted, or double matted to 8×10 (state preference)

I bought this beautiful, tiny vase made by Marilyn Price at the Riverwinds Gallery. She makes vases in the most wonderful shapes, and also makes most of her own glazes. The flowers are from my hubby, and they went so perfectly with the green vase that I just had to pluck a few out of the bouquet and paint them.

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Double matted as shown to 5×7″ to fit any standard 5×7 frame
Golden OPEN Acrylics on Rag Bristol Board

When our family went to Lake George last summer, we took a sunset cruise on the lake. Little did we know that we’d not only be treated to a spectacular sunset, but also to a full moon rising above the distant mountains. I painted this one from a photo that I took on the boat.

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18×12″, soft pastels on Wallis

I haven’t done any pastel work for quite some time, so I decided to bring my large Dakota box of pastels to open studio this week.There’s everything under the sun in that box, all mixed together and sorted by value and color.

This has been a tough week. My poor husband got food poisoning, and I hurt my back yesterday trying to move a cabinet, so my artwork may well be a little sporadic for the next week or so. I miss it already.

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8×10″, Oils on Raymar oil-primed Belgian linen panel
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It was 70 degrees and sunny this morning, with a very light breeze. You can’t ask for much more than that when out plein air painting! I’ve been driving pretty far to paint lately and couldn’t stand the thought of another long trip, so I stayed within a half hour and went to the Chinese Friendship Pavillion at Lasdon Park in Somers, NY. There were two geese honking away with their little goslings, and a bullfrog serenaded me while I was painting.

I’m probably going to tweak this one a little in the studio and will repost after that’s done.

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4×6″, gouache on Strathmore cp watercolor paper
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Behind the barns at Muscoot Farm in Somers, NY, there is a beautiful path that winds around the fields. This was painted en plein air along one of those serene paths.

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5×7″, Gouache on Fabriano Artistico hp watercolor paper
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I was back up painting at the castle today. Since I did so many paintings of the Hudson River overview from up there last week, I decided to do a smaller view of part of the castle today. You can see the river peeking from below in the background. It was a beautiful day, but very cold up there on top of the world! The castle blocked the wind and I was sitting in the sun, soaking up the warmth.

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5×5″, Gouache on grey Canson board
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The weather forecast for today was awful, with thunderstorms predicted. The sun poked out for a couple of hours, and I quickly grabbed my gear and headed for Muscoot Farm. The deeply shaded back of this barn provided fantastic contrast with the bright greens. I stopped in my tracks and painted this one.

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12×16″, oils
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Morning is such a beautiful time at Tilly Foster Farm. The light on the side of the horse shed and the distant views in this scene caught my attention. I stopped in my tracks and set up my easel. Every time I think I’ve painted here enough, I see another five scenes to be painted!

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12×12″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard
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This painting was again done from the castle balcony. Breakneck Ridge was far, far in the distance, but I liked the way this square crop of the scene worked out with the weaving of the Hudson River, and Bannerman Island balancing the composition on the far left. I wished I’d had my binoculars with me while I was painting! The shadows on Breakneck Ridge are so dramatic late in the afternoon. This painting didn’t get finished until almost sunset.

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12×16″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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I went back up to the castle today and finished this one finally! You can see the work in progress and a photo of the scene I was painting on this thread.

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24×36″, oils on stretched canvas, custom framed
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This is a large oil painting done over a period of several days on location at the Boscobel Restoration in Fall, with some finishing touches completed in the studio. It is the famous view from the bluff above the Hudson River, overlooking Consitution Marsh. I’ve painted this scene many times in every season but winter! The marsh glows red in the fall and it’s a spectacular sight come late October.

Sometimes it’s hard to find these larger works among all the smaller ones on my blog, and many viewers have been asking to see more of my larger works, so I am bringing this up to the top today. Yesterday was a hectic day and I didn’t get to paint. This painting is varnished and ready to ship.

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11×14″, oils on canvas covered hardboard, unframed
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Painted on location at Tilly Foster Farm in Brewster, NY

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5×7″, Gouache on Stonehenge rag paper
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Today I struggled in every way at every turn. Finally, near the end of this very long day, I set a Granny Smith apple on a red file folder and broke out my new tubes of Winsor Newton Gouache. It’s so nice to finally have the lush, cadmium colors available. Sometimes when life gets too complex, painting something simple and beautiful creates balance.

This was painted with a very limited palette:
Titanium White
Cadmium Red
Cadmium Lemon
Ultramarine Blue

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10×8″, oils on panel, unframed
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Painted on location at Tilly Foster Farm in Brewster, New York.

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5×7″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Fabriano Artistico rag watercolor paper

This painting was started en plein air in Cold Spring, New York. There was a lot of construction noise from the site next to this one, so I ended up leaving the location and finished this in the studio from a photo. It was about 80% completed on location. I love this spot in the Hudson Highlands, with the purple mountains looming over the river.

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8×10″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard
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This painting was started last week on location in the apple orchard at Lasdon Arboretum in Somers, New York. I was about a half hour away from completion when thick clouds moved in and it started to rain! I had to pack up quickly and return home. Fortunately, I got a photo while the light was still good, and finished it today from the photograph.

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16×12″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard
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This is another Hudson River painting done this week on location at Hastings Waterfront Park. This time, I turned toward the Palisades across the river, with the rocks and trees in the foreground bathed in cool, morning light.

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12×12″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard
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We had a paintout today of the Lower Hudson Valley chapter of New York Plein Air Painters. Five of us gathered at the beautiful Hastings Waterfront Park on the Hudson River for a day of perfect spring weather. There were a couple of fishermen there, and one of them was kind enough to pose for me. Thank you, Sean!

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