6×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on 300 lb Saunders Waterford watercolor paper
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Painting along the shoreline of the Hudson River has great therapeutic value! This was painted on location at sunset.
9×12, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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This painting was done on location while the Onrust was docked in Newburgh. It is Number 18 of my Hudson River Quadricentennial Series, in celebration of Henry Hudson’s voyage up the Hudson 400 years ago. This beautiful replica ship was constructed in New York by 250 volunteers! You can read more about the recreation of the Onrust here.
Leave it to me to forget my camera when I went to paint this on Monday. Even though I have a note saying “CAMERA” posted on the door to the garage, I often forget to take it along. The painting needed a little studio finishing, which I had to do from memory, plus I used the watercolor painting I did that day.
5×7″, Watercolor, double matted in ivory/gold to 8×10″, framed in antique gold/black, Price includes mat and frame
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Today I went to see the Tall Ships as they docked in Newburgh, NY. They are on their way up the Hudson River in a Quadricentennial Celebration. Leave it to me to forget my camera. Ouch! But at least I had paints and sketching materials with me. The Half Moon and the Onrust were there. I settled in to paint the Onrust, and I’ll try to do the Half Moon later in the week at one of the other stops it will make as it journeys northward. You can read more about the recreation of the Onrust here.
I started out with this little 5×7″ watercolor, and also did an oil painting that I need to finish up in the studio, hopefully tomorrow. I’ve double matted and framed this painting in a lovely ivory/gold double mat, and a black and gold wood frame. Price includes mat and frame as shown below. It looks soooo much better in real life than in the photo!
Here is an image of the painting alone:
I hope to have the oil painting completed to show tomorrow!
8×16″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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The other day, I saw these boats all lined up along the shoreline here by the lake and couldn’t wait to get out and do a wide-format painting of them. The clouds broke for a few hours today, so I dashed out during my window of opportunity. With rain this morning and more rain coming in later, I lucked out with a perfect midday break in the weather.
5×7″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Fabriano Artistico hp watercolor paper
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This was painted from the Waterfront Park along the Hudson in Athens, NY. I actually went there hoping that one of the Tall Ships would be there that will be parading up the Hudson next week. Unfortunately, no ship was there, but these red benches looking out over the river under the Chestnut Tree captured my attention. Without a ship, they became the focal point of my painting. Two women came along and sat down on one of the benches, chatting and gazing out onto the water, so I popped them into the painting too!
6×8″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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I went to paint by a lake in Newburgh, New York with some friends from the Lower Hudson Valley Plein Air Painters. This little boat by the shoreline beckoned me. I sure he was disappointed that he attracted an artist instead of a fisherman!
12×16″, Oils on Raymar canvas panel
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I got to Nyack very early yesterday morning, while the sun was still very low in the sky. It glowed at the horizon, and struck the face of the Palisades cliffs head on. The purple Royal Paulownia trees were blooming all over the base of the cliffs. I had to walk a half mile along the path with all my painting gear, but as soon as I arrived at this location, I knew I’d met my muse for the day!
6×8″, oils on canvas covered hardboard
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Today was the big Artists on Location event in Garrison, NY. I was expecting the skies to clear, but that didn’t happen, and this was painted in the rain. Fortunately, I had my big “ShadeBuddy” umbrella with me, and the winds were calm enough that I could use it!
The huge sailboat off in the distance came by at just the right time, and provided the perfect element to scale the painting and give it a focal point.
12×12″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard
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This was painted on location at the beautiful Hastings Waterfront Park on the Hudson River. There were a couple of fishermen there, and one of them was kind enough to pose for me. Thank you, Sean!
5×7″, Oils on Ampersand Gessoboard
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This was painted from one of the photos I took on my walk last night. The yellow tinge to the sky at sunset, and the little red boat, glowed all the more with the muted colors surrounding them.
5×7″, Oils on Ampersand Gessoboard
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This is the 400 year anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage up the Hudson River. I am doing a series of Hudson River paintings to commemorate that event, and this is the first! This fabulous, huge yellow ship came down the river past West Point as I stood on the shoreline in Garrison snapping photos. Some of the works for this series will be done en plein air and some will be from photo references.
My palette for this painting:
Cadmium Yellow Lemon (Winsor Newton)
Raw Sienna (Williamsburg)
Venetian Red (Classic Artist Oils)
Ultramarine Blue Deep (homemade from Lukas pigment and alkalai-refined linseed oil)
Cerulean Blue (Classic Artist Oils, drained on a paper towel)
Titanium White (Winsor Newton)
30×40″, oils on stretched canvas
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This is an older painting that has never appeared on my website nor in a show. I just took a picture of it yesterday for the first time. My style has changed quite a bit since I painted this. I thought it would be interesting for my viewers to see something I did many years ago.
I am offering this huge painting for sale now for the first time, and at a great price!
5×7″, oils on canvas covered hardboard
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6×6″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Ampersand Gessoboard
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Above is the completed painting, and below is an image of the work in progress. I’d initially planned to put in foreground grasses, but after doing that, I felt the painting was more effective without them. So, I worked on it yet a third time, and took the foreground grasses out!
It’s interesting how much the color of light affects what we see. The image of the finished painting was taken with the corrected light of my photo box, but the progress image was taken in cool daylight. The actual colors in paintings vary according to the lighting conditions where we view them.
I did the underpainting for this work with a color I’d not tried before from the Golden OPEN line—Quinacridone Gold. I love the warm glow that it brings to the work. I could get hooked on this color!
This is painted from a photo I took down in Constitution Marsh on the Hudson River. It’s been in my file of things I want to paint for a long time! With fall on the way, it seemed the right moment to pull out this lively autumn scene.
I’m still using an expanded palette because the paint is still wet from yesterday, and I’ve even added a few colors to the large assortment I was working with. So far for this painting I’ve used:
Titanium White
Cadmium Yellow Primrose
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Naples Yellow
Cadmium Red Light
Pyrrole Red
Ultramarine Blue
Transparent Red Oxide
Quinacridone Gold
Carbon Black
Jenkins Green
5×7″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on clear-sized Old Holland linen
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One of the summers I was in Maine, I looked all over Little Cranberry Island for the perfect scene to paint. I finally came upon these wonderful boathouses, set in fields of Queen Anne’s Lace, just before the boat was to leave and I had to head back to Mt. Desert Island. It was too late at that point to pull out my paints and capture them en plein air, but at least I was able to get some nice photos to work from. Painting this scene brings back wonderful memories of my time there.
This linen is wonderful to paint on. I sealed it clear, and leave some of it exposed beneath the paint surface. The texture and color make me not want to paint on anything else!
My palette for this painting:
Titanium White
Titan Buff
Naples Yellow Hue
Cadmium Yellow Primrose
Pyrrole Red
Ultramarine Blue
Transparent Red Oxide
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!
5×7″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Fabriano Artistico rag watercolor paper
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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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6×8″, oils on canvas covered hardboard, unframed
This oil painting of a red barge on the Hudson River was done on location at the Vanderbilt Mansion property in Hyde Park, New York last year. There is so much to paint there! It is one of my favorite places to paint along the Hudson. The painting is dry, varnished, and ready for a frame!
Some days just get too hectic to paint. I’ve been very busy framing and varnishing, so it’s a good opportunity to show something that hasn’t appeared on my blog for a long time.
I’m really looking forward to the change of seasons and getting back up to Hyde Park to take in the cherry blossoms in the Italian Gardens!
12×12″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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My painting buddy, Suhua Wood, found this amazing spot along the Hudson River in Cold Spring for us to paint! I started this painting on location a few weeks ago, but didn’t have enough time to finish it there. I finally finished it up from a photo.
I took pictures of the various stages as I painted. First I underpainted with Golden Fluid Acrylics, using Transparent Red Oxide for all but the lightest areas. Some light areas then got a wash of Transparent Yellow Oxide, and cool darks got some Ultramarine Blue.
I pulled out some heavier bodied acrylics, and laid in the sky and water. You can see an image of my scene and setup here as I was working.
Then I started working with the local colors I saw. The image below shows how much I completed on location, and how far I still had to go.
I used a photo of the scene to finish up the painting, in combination with the information already there from having worked on location. Being able to do even a portion of the piece en plein air always makes a difference in the outcome.
6×8″, Oils
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5×7″, framed, Golden OPEN Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard
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I was up and out before dawn again today, setting up to paint by the lakeshore. I’m really enjoying these early mornings of spectacular light and calm atmosphere. I was set up right on the path leading down to the water, taking in the sights and sounds of dawn.
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5 x 7″, framed, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
This was painted from a photo of a friend’s boat at sunset.
8×10, oils on canvas covered hardboard
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I finally stopped packing and purging long enough to paint today! It felt wonderful to be outside again with my brushes, here by the lake. This is the third in my series of upside down boats.
6×8″, oils
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I’ll take another photo after I do the tweaks and replace this one.
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12×16, oils on canvas covered hardboard, unframed
This is one of my favorite views of the Hudson River. The red barge went by at just the right moment! The glare on the left side is in the photo only; it is not in the actual painting.
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6 x 6″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
When we were in Maine last summer, we went for a sunset sail on the four-masted schooner Margaret Todd. We lucked out with a spectacular sunset. I took oodles of photos, including the one of this boat sailing nearby. Every time he tacked, the light would catch the sails from a different direction. I was so glad to have my camera along!
I got up extra early to finish the painting this morning. I’m going to be offline for a few days after this post, but I’ll see y’all back here on Tuesday.
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This is a miniature (2.5×3.5″), gouache on 100% rag watercolor paper, unframed. It is a scene from a photo I took while visiting Little Cranberry Island for a day, off the coast of Maine.
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Double matted to 5 x 7″ and framed, Acrylic on Arches hot press 100% rag paper
This past summer, our hotel room in Bar Harbor faced the Porcupine Islands. We’d watch the boats sailing in and out of the harbor. This painting was done from one of the photos I took there. The painting itself is 3×4.5″. It is mounted to a backing board, beautifully double-matted to 5×7″, and framed.
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6 x 6″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard, unframed
One evening when the sunset was spectacular, my husband and I drove to the other side of the lake to take pictures. This group of people was just setting out in their boat to enjoy the last of a quiet summer evening.Below is the pochade box that I often use for these small paintings, with just the first layer of paint on the panel. The glass palette slides to the side to access the paints and supplies below. I secure the painting panel to a slightly larger board because with a painting this small, once I get to this stage, I hold it in my hand while painting. Taping it to the larger panel enables me to hold it without getting paint all over my hands.
7 x 5″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard, unframed
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I just love painting upside down boats! This painting was done from a photo that I took here along the lakeshore the other day. There were more beautiful colors and vistas that I had time to capture en plein air, but fortunately I had my camera with me!
