I set out Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Titanium White, Carbon Black, and all the Neutral Grays in between that Golden makes in a plastic container with compartments and a seal. Value studies are so important, but premixing all those grays ahead of time can be cumbersome enough to put it off time and time again. [...]

Demos/Work in Progress, Sketches, acrylic paintings | 1 Comment »

5×7″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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This was one of those mornings with more atmosphere than I could dream for. The conditions kept changing dramatically every few minutes, so I picked out what I could of the sky, ground and water, and challenged myself to try to make a [...]

8x10 and smaller, Available, Catskill Mountains, Greene County, Hudson River School, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Palenville and Catskill, Plein Air--painted on location | No Comments »

16×8″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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While driving around Amenia, New York with Tarryl last week, we came upon this wonderful hillside with cows grazing and a converted barn at the top. We pulled our cars over to the side of the road to take [...]

8x12 to 12x24, Dutchess County NY, Farm Scenes, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Sold | 1 Comment »

24×36″, oils on stretched canvas
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This large spring landscape is of the old Oak tree at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Pound Ridge, New York. Unfortunately, the tree was destroyed during a big storm. I really miss its massive presence in the landscape.

16x20 and larger, Available, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Plein Air--painted on location, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, spring | 1 Comment »

28×42″, Oils on stretched canvas
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Finished at last! This was such a great painting to work on. Those of you who have been following along may remember that my client for this painting sent me samples of her carpet colors to work into the landscape. [...]

16x20 and larger, Catskill Mountains, Demos/Work in Progress, Greene County, Landscape, Sold | No Comments »

5×7″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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If you’re feeling a sense of deja vu, you’re right! This is an updated version of the painting I posted a couple of days ago. The picnic bench at the park was lopsided. I thought it was kind of [...]

8x10 and smaller, Boats and Ships, Hudson River Paintings, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Plein Air--painted on location, Sold, Tarrytown and Hastings Area | 3 Comments »

This is a progress image of the 28×42″ commission I’m working on. It all started when my client and her dear hubby met at Hunter Mountain in New York State! She saw this painting on my website, which I did from the top of Hunter Mountain, and purchased it through RiverWinds Gallery, where I had [...]

16x20 and larger, Catskill Mountains, Demos/Work in Progress, Greene County, Landscape | 2 Comments »

10×8″, Acrylic on canvas covered hardboard
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It’s hard to believe that 2010 has arrived. Where did the year go? Each year seems to go faster than the next. You’d think I’d get tired of doing all these paintings, or run out of ideas, but I seem to feel [...]

8x10 and smaller, Available, Golden OPEN Acrylic Paintings, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Peach Lake and Brook, Shows and News, Sunrise/Sunset, Winter and Snow Scenes | 2 Comments »

My friend and fellow artist, Gretchen Kelly, is writing articles about some of her favorite artists. Please check out her blog post today, featuring yours truly! Many thanks to Gretchen for this special commentary. It’s been wonderful having Gretchen as a friend and painting buddy.
While you’re there, take a look at Gretchen’s expressive figure drawings [...]

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8×6″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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I love this scene from the top of Hunter Mountain. I’ve painted horizontal landscapes from up here, but wanted to see if I could get something to set up well as a vertical. I think this works!

8x10 and smaller, Available, Catskill Mountains, Greene County, Landscape | 1 Comment »

12×9″, Pastel on Art Spectrum sanded paper
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This is my first portrait since last winter — a two hour sketch from life. The model sits for three consecutive sessions, but I prefer to use them as sketching opportunities, and generally try to wrap up in a single session if [...]

8x12 to 12x24, Available, Portraits and Figures, pastels | No Comments »

7×5″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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My friend Claire came to visit a few weeks ago. We both set up our easels in my driveway to catch the dramatic foliage against the cooler blue-greens of the mountain. The late day light was fleeting and the mosquitoes were fierce! [...]

8x10 and smaller, Available, Catskill Mountains, Fall, Greene County, Landscape, Palenville and Catskill, Plein Air--painted on location | 4 Comments »

8×10″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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This was painted early yesterday morning for Artists on Location in Garrison, NY. There was a misty drizzle on and off, so I found a spot off to the side of the dirt road where I could paint in [...]

8x10 and smaller, Cold Spring and Garrison, Fall, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Plein Air--painted on location, Sold | No Comments »

(Shadows along top of image are from the easel holding the painting)
24×18″, Oils on stretched canvas
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Although there were heavy clouds overhead today, I spent another day on location with this painting to finish it up. It is such a beautiful and tranquil spot. I [...]

16x20 and larger, Fall, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Plein Air--painted on location, Sold | No Comments »

5×7″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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The morning was overcast and looked like it was going to rain, so I was undecided whether or not to drive all the way over to the Hudson River to paint. In the end, I decided to go and do a cloud [...]

8x10 and smaller, Available, Fall, Hudson River Paintings, Hudson River Quadricentennial Series, Hudson River School, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Plein Air--painted on location | No Comments »

6×8″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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I painted with friends last week at an overlook on the west side of the Hudson River. The scene was very dramatic as the filtered sunlight fought through the haze, bursting onto the river in patches of yellow light.
I’ve been painting, painting, painting [...]

8x10 and smaller, Available, Currently In Gallery, Fall, Hudson River Paintings, Hudson River Quadricentennial Series, Hudson River School, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Plein Air--painted on location | 1 Comment »

12×15″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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Today I brought my new Beauport easel down to the beaver pond. I tried to send progress images to my Facebook page from the painting location, but it doesn’t look like they arrived there. I’ll have to get help from my daughter [...]

8x12 to 12x24, Available, Catskill Mountains, Demos/Work in Progress, Fall, Greene County, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Palenville and Catskill, Plein Air--painted on location | No Comments »

16×20″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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This is one of those situations when I used the scene for inspiration, but made many changes for the sake of color and composition. Below is a photo of the scene, so that you can see what I was working with. [...]

16x20 and larger, Available, Brewster and North Salem, Golden OPEN Acrylic Paintings, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Tilly Foster Farm | 1 Comment »

You can click this image to see a larger view of the painting.

Summer Greens at Boscobel: Hudson River Quadricentennial Series No. 26
6×8″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
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Today began my five day painting trip. I started out this morning at Boscobel Restoration in Garrison, New [...]

8x10 and smaller, Cold Spring and Garrison, Hudson River Paintings, Hudson River Quadricentennial Series, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Painting/Pochade Box, Plein Air--painted on location, Sold | 3 Comments »

16×12″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard
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Visiting the Hudson River School show at the Thomas Cole Historical Site last Friday made me think about many of my own paintings of the Hudson River, and how our contemporary, plein air pieces fit into the grand scheme of [...]

8x12 to 12x24, Available, Boats and Ships, Golden OPEN Acrylic Paintings, Hudson River Paintings, Hudson River School, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Nyack Area, Plein Air--painted on location | 1 Comment »

6×6″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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I painted down in Nyack this morning. The skies were mostly overcast, but periodically there would be a break of brilliant sunshine that flooded the landscape with bright light. One of the Tall Ships was sailing off in the distance. I think it [...]

8x10 and smaller, Available, Hudson River Paintings, Hudson River Quadricentennial Series, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Nyack Area, Plein Air--painted on location | No Comments »

I did it! I know I’m way behind the times, but I finally got onto Twitter. You can follow me by clicking the “follow” button on the JamieArtist widget on the left sidebar

Shows and News | 3 Comments »

6×8″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
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While painting this yesterday in Nyack in the cold and intense wind, many people stopped to chat and admire the painting. One woman, after commenting on the diversity of the New York landscape, said, “I love New York! I [...]

8x10 and smaller, Flower Gardens and Flowering Trees, Hudson River Paintings, Hudson River Quadricentennial Series, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Nyack Area, Plein Air--painted on location, Sold | No Comments »

5×7″, Watercolor and ink on Fabriano Artistico 140# hp
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Every so often, I like to play with paints and ideas like a child in a sandbox. Today I did some small plein air paintings, experimenting with different styles and ideas. This abstract landscape is based totally on design and [...]

8x10 and smaller, Available, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Plein Air--painted on location | No Comments »

8×6″, Oils on Raymar canvas panel
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I painted at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation today, admiring the subtle spring colors by the trout stream. My palette consisted of:
Titanium White
Cadmium Yellow Light
Pyrrole Red
Transparent Red Oxide
Raw Sienna
Cerulean Blue
French Ultramarine
Ivory Black
Viridian
I’m sure I didn’t need so many colors to [...]

8x10 and smaller, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Plein Air--painted on location, Sold, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation | No Comments »

10×10″, Gouache in my kraft paper sketchbook
As you can see, I’m still having way too much fun with gouache in my new sketchbook. I know the text can be difficult to read when I post these pages from my sketchbook. Here’s what today’s page says:
It’s not often that I paint from photos, and it’s even [...]

Landscape, Sketches, Sunrise/Sunset | 3 Comments »

I really did want to paint today, but here it is after 9pm and I am still tidying up in the studio. I work in so many different mediums and subjects that after awhile, this place becomes a confusing jumble of still life setups, photo references for landscapes strewn around, oils, acrylics and watercolors out [...]

Studio Tours | 1 Comment »

5×7″, Oils on Ampersand Gessoboard
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Welcome to my new backyard! As you can see, it’s going to be a pretty exciting place to paint. It felt great to pull out the oils again and get back to my favorite passion—landscape painting.

8x10 and smaller, Available, Catskill Mountains, Greene County, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Palenville and Catskill | 1 Comment »

9×12, Watercolors on Arches 140# hp
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Stay tuned for my return to oil and acrylic landscape paintings very soon!

8x12 to 12x24, Available, Still Life, Watercolor | No Comments »

8 x 6″, Oils on Canvas covered hardboard, unframed
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A couple of times a year, I go on photo expeditions with my painting buddy Sue to collect painting references. I painted this from one of the photos I took at Muscoot Farm. I love painting [...]

8x10 and smaller, Fall, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, Sold | No Comments »