5×7″, oil on canvas covered hardboard, unframed
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This painting was done on location at Peach Lake in the Hudson Valley of New York State.
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Archive for the 'Plein Air--painted on location' Category
Last Leaves of Fall en plein air
Posted by Jamie on November 14th, 2008Storm King and Breakneck Ridge
Posted by Jamie on November 7th, 2008
24×36″, Oils on stretched canvas
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This large painting was done on location in Cold Spring, New York over a period of several days. It was pretty windy some of that time, and I thought the painting was going to act as a sail and carry off the entire easel from time to time! I was exhausted by the time the painting was completed, with the long days and long drives over to the location, but it was worth it.
Lifting Haze in Constitution Marsh
Posted by Jamie on November 5th, 2008
6×8″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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I hiked into Constitution Marsh on the Hudson River the other day while the skies were overcast, but they didn’t stay that way for long. Keeping up with changing light as I painted was a real challenge! I brought just my oil paints and my Guerrilla Painter Thumbox in a backpack. That’s about all one could comfortably carry in over the hill and along the trails and boardwalks.
Olana Barn at Noon
Posted by Jamie on November 3rd, 2008
8×10″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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This is the same composition as the painting posted yesterday, painted at 12 noon on location. Notice how the light is flatter in the middle of the day. Shadows are not as dark, and contrasts are less pronounced than they were in the morning.
Olana Barn at 11am
Posted by Jamie on November 2nd, 2008
6×8″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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It was so cold standing in the wind at Olana while painting this that tears were running down my face!
Red Fields and the Stone Barn at Ward Pound Ridge, Plein Air
Posted by Jamie on October 31st, 2008
5×7″, Oil on canvas covered hardboard
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This old stone barn at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation is just loaded with character. It’s a wonderful subject in any season, but of course nothing beats fall!
Olana Without Blue No 2
Posted by Jamie on October 28th, 2008
8×10″, Oils on Raymar linen panel
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Palette: Cadmium Yellow Lemon, Permanent Rose, Ivory Black, Titanium White
Painted on location at Olana in Hudson, New York.
Olana Without Blue No 1
Posted by Jamie on October 27th, 2008
6×8″, oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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This painting was done en plein air at Olana during the workshop. The palette is just Cadmium Yellow Lemon, Permanent Rose, black and white. It was an interesting exploration of warm and cool color without a blue on the palette.
Fall Color at Olana
Posted by Jamie on October 26th, 2008Click image for a larger, clearer view:
8×10″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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Painted late in the day at Olana, overlooking the Hudson River.
Threatening Catskill Skies
Posted by Jamie on October 21st, 2008
8×10″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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At the workshop today, Kenn spoke about hard and soft edges and did a beautiful painting demonstrating the topic. Then it was our turn to try our hand. It was freezing cold outside and raining on and off. Sometimes on those overcast days, the skies can be grey and dreary, but today there was lots of variation and color in the sky as the rains came and went from west to east. I had my painting umbrella, so I fared better than most.
I don’t have my light box setup here to photograph my paintings. The lighter clouds are much warmer in color. I’ll get a better photo once I get home and will then swap the images.
Fall at the Beacon Waterfront
Posted by Jamie on October 19th, 2008
6×8″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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I painted at this wonderful, new park in Beacon for the first time. It’s on a peninsula that juts out into the Hudson River. The sky was gorgeous, and the fall leaves here were in their last days of glory. There were so many nice views that it was hard to pick just one to paint, but I settled on this one for my first. I knew that by the time I got back here again, the leaves on this group of trees would be completely gone.
I really miss my Golden OPEN acrylics, but oils behave better in the early morning cold with temperatures just above the freezing mark. I’m enjoying doing so much work in oils again, but hate the longer drying and curing times and carrying solvent with me.
Fall Sunlight at Boscobel
Posted by Jamie on October 15th, 2008
6×8″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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This was painted yesterday at Boscobel Restoration in Garrison, New York, when the sun finally emerged from the heavy cloud cover as promised. The light shimmered on the Hudson River, and the backlighting on the red tree made it glow like Christmas bulbs.
Fall Morning at Boscobel
Posted by Jamie on October 14th, 2008
6×8″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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Although I go to Boscobel several times every year in fall, I never get tired of painting Constitution Marsh as it turns from the greens of summer to the blazing colors of fall. The Hudson River was shimmering brightly this morning despite the clouds, as if the sun somehow sought out the river in spite of the overcast skies. It was another fabulous fall day to be out painting.
My Favorite Tree
Posted by Jamie on October 13th, 2008
6×8″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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This is my favorite tree along the lakeshore here. It turns this bright crimson color in fall, and I love the twists and turns of the trunk.
I painted this with my new little pochade box! It is the Guerrilla Painter Thumbox with the palette extension and watercolor palette. I filled the watercolor palette up with oil paints. That palette gets covered with the mixing palette, so the paints stay wet and it’s really fast to set up. Here’s a picture of the new box with a progress image of the painting:
Sun and Clouds at Olana
Posted by Jamie on October 9th, 2008
8×10″, oils on Raymar canvas panel
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Painted on location at Olana in Hudson, New York. (Home of Hudson River School painter Frederic Church)
Clearing Skies Over Olana
Posted by Jamie on October 7th, 2008
6×8″, oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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When the haze lifted, the view of the Hudson River suddenly appeared in the distance!
Overcast at Olana
Posted by Jamie on October 6th, 2008
6×8″, oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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It was raining pretty heavily at 6:30am and I wondered if I should go up to the beautiful home of Hudson River School artist Frederic Church for the day. I finally decided to take the chance, and drove up to Olana.
It was heavily overcast when I got there, but the rain had ended. I set up my easel along this path winding down through the fields, where I enjoyed the serenity, atmospheric light, and fading distances.
Red Barn Off Platte Clove Road No 3
Posted by Jamie on October 5th, 2008
8×10″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Canson board
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I love this spot in the Catskills with the little red barns. I’ve been doing a bunch of compositional and color studies to select a composition for a large painting of the scene. This is the third one I’ve done. It was painted mostly on location, and touched up a bit in the studio.
Sunlight on the Lodge
Posted by Jamie on October 2nd, 2008
12×12″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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This painting was started on dull, dreary, rainy Sunday. It was lifeless and boring, so I went back to Tilly Foster Farm this morning when the sun was shining to “turn on the lights”. I like it much better now as a happy day painting!
Fall Unfolding
Posted by Jamie on September 30th, 2008
12×16″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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This 12×16 oil painting was started on location, and finished up today in the studio. It highlights the strong oranges present in the landscape in fall. Nowhere is that more apparent than on the blazing orange-red fields at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, where the brilliant tree in the foreground is lit up with additional rusty and orange tones.
Acra Waterfall No 2 (from below)
Posted by Jamie on September 29th, 2008
10×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sized Canson board
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Painted on location in Acra, New York.
Acra Waterfall No 1 (from above)
Posted by Jamie on September 28th, 2008
8×10″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sized Canson board
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Painted on location in Acra, New York.
Clouds Over Ward Pound Ridge
Posted by Jamie on September 26th, 2008
5×7″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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This is a scene from Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Pound Ridge, NY. This county park is over 4,700 acres of rolling fields, beautiful trees, and hillsides with dramatic vistas. This is a 5×7″ plein air painting—done on location. The sun was in and out of the clouds and it was a real challenge to catch the light!
Gateway to Storm King Mountain
Posted by Jamie on September 25th, 2008
16×20″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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This was painted on location in Cold Spring, New York, facing Storm King Mountain. I paint all over the Hudson River Valley, and the Hudson Highlands region certainly rates as one of the most dramatic along the river. I had to wait a long time for the clouds to break before they struck the mountain, but once the sun broke through it was quite spectacular.
For those who like to see some of the process, here is a photo of the Quinacridone Gold underpainting that I did for this one:
Little Pond in Acra No 1
Posted by Jamie on September 24th, 2008
12×12″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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The Catskill Mountain area has some of the most exquisite vistas in the Hudson River Valley. Roads that wind through woodlands suddenly open up to fields with tremendous, breathtaking blue mountains looming in the distance.
This scene fell so perfectly into a square format that I considered myself very fortunate to have a 12×12″ panel with me! I started this painting in early afternoon, and the light on the scene got better and better as the afternoon went on.
Little Pond in Acra No 2—Plein Air Painting in the Catskills
Posted by Jamie on September 22nd, 2008
6×8″, Oils on board (sealed, primed hardboard)
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I just got back from a plein air painting trip to the Catskill Mountains. This little 6×8″ oil painting was done beside a charming pond in Acra, New York. As I approached the pond from the far side, it didn’t look all that interesting. Then I turned around and saw that huge mountain looming in the distance! Wow! I’m told it is Windham High Peak.
It felt wonderful to pull out the oil paints again! I’ve gotten really hooked on the Golden OPEN paints, but oils sure are great too.
In and Out Sunlight at Storm King
Posted by Jamie on September 15th, 2008
6×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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I once knew a wonderful painter named Mike Pacitti, who passed away a few years ago. He used a few different colors to underpaint with. One of them was called Burnt Carmine, made by Rembrandt. I remember it as a strong carmine/crimson color mixed with black. Even with black in the mix, I was surprised by how strong the color was when I saw Mike use it, and yet his paintings were filled with beautiful subtleties.
I decided to try something like that while waiting for clouds to break along the Hudson River in Cold Spring. I mixed Quinacridone Magenta half and half with Carbon Black, and used that to do the underpainting for this little plein air. It was much stronger than the colors I normally use to lay out my composition and values. No matter what you use to paint over it, the magenta seems to work its way through. Part of me thinks it still comes through too much. Another part of me thinks I’m just not used to it, and that I kind of like the effect.
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Breakneck Ridge in Late Afternoon Light
Posted by Jamie on September 14th, 2008
12×16″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Raymar smooth canvas panel
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This was painted late in the afternoon on location in Cold Spring, New York. It was one of those perfect pre-fall days, filled with the glow of the late day light and the Hudson River breezes. I took the photo below after completing the painting, so the light and shadows had changed somewhat from the time I started. I kept going out to the car to get more things, so you can see that by the end of the day, I had accumulated enough stuff on site for three artists!
Sunset Sketch Over Storm King Mountain
Posted by Jamie on September 11th, 2008
6×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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I had a true painting marathon today, leaving the house at 7am and not returning until around 8:30. It was a fabulous day of great weather and beautiful scenery in Cold Spring, New York, along the banks of the Hudson River. I can well understand why some of the Hudson River School painters loved to paint from this very spot; I love to paint here too!
This was the last one of the day—attempting to catch the fleeting sunset colors during the few minutes before the light faded into darkness. There’s never enough time to “finish” one when painting sunsets on location. It’s really a matter of grabbing color as it emerges, and hoping for the best!
I’ll be showing the other paintings soon. Some need finishing touches, and then I’ll take the photos and upload them. I’ve got some images of the works in progress and nice location shots, so stay tuned!
I’m exhausted!
Willow at the Point
Posted by Jamie on September 10th, 2008
16×12″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard
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I’m one of those lucky plein air painters who has a default painting location right outside the studio door. In previous years, I painted here by the lake quite a bit. This year I seem to be traveling more and painting at home less. I think it may have something to do with the fact that my favorite tree to paint was decimated by a storm during the winter. Somehow, painting here just isn’t the same without that tree, but it made me turn my attention today to a different tree.
This little point juts out from the shoreline, with a charming willow tree at the end. I love painting willows, with their graceful clusters of leafy branches, and subtle color and value shifts. The wonderful early morning light and serenity made me realize that I need to paint here more often!