Horse Woman In Vermont

11 x 15

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I went to an SCA event in Vermont on Memorial Day Weekend. It was great fun. There were women dressed in beautiful garb riding gorgeous horses in lovely places. This is one of them.

Beach Rock View

12 x 9

$395

Beach Rock is in Barkhamsted, CT, overlooking Lake McDonough. This is the 2nd in my Beach Rock series, painted from photos I took there in April.

View From Kripalu

View from Kripalu

12.5 x 30

$1595 with mat and frame

Prints available

Kripalu is a wonderful yoga retreat in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires. I was there in October for a class and took many photos of this spectacular view. I took the pictures I used for this painting out of a fourth floor screened window.

House Portrait

14 x 22

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I finished this commission yesterday. The house is in Simsbury, CT. It took about 45 hours of painting over almost a month. Sorry for the lack of posts!

Red Dory

Red Dory

8 x 10

$275 with double mat and frame

From a photo I took in Cape Cod this summer.

House and garden portrait

I finished this house portrait on Friday for a woman who is giving it as a gift to her parents. Next, she will give them note cards of the painting for a Christmas gift. The house is in Vernon, Connecticut. Nice garden!

The Three Bears

Backyard Forest

12 x 16

2006
This was an attempt at a plein air painting of the woods in my back yard. I started outside and then spent weeks in the studio tightening it up. I never really liked it much. It didn't have a center of interest.

I finally realized that what the painting was missing was bears! Several weeks ago, Momma bear and her cubs visited our yard and spent the evening in the neighborhood. It was too cool! I was inspired.

Revised painting:

The Three Bears 2008

12 x 18

$295 with mat and frame

After I added the bears I changed the shapes of some trees and branches, added texture to the bark, and worked on the foliage and the sky. It was challenging to get the bears in over the foliage without having them look green. That is why they are so dark.

On the left: Momma Bear with her fancy ear tags.

On the right: The three cubs, posing on our street. They spent a lot of time in a neighbor's trees but the pictures didn't come out.

Sorry for the blurriness.

Loon Lake Camp Painting is done

Loon Lake Camp II

16 x 20

2008

I finished this commissioned painting today after about 40 hours of painting over 3 1/2 weeks. The reference is shown in the July 6 post. I sure am glad it is done! Now I need to get it to the Adirondacks, possibly after having Giclee prints made first.