Inspiring Evening Sky

 A very rare meeting of Venus & the Crescent Moon. I was treated to a lovely pairing off of the two brightest objects in the night sky, as I got home yesterday. I would not see so many stars if this is a full moon.

Light & Atmosphere with Oil

This foggy morning painting happened pretty fast, 

mainly because I have similar colors on my palette, from yesterday.

The last part is always the most fun. I get to use my intuition to finish up the landscape. By not copying exactly what I'm painting, I get to push myself to see new colors & new light effects.

EARLY MORNING

contemplating surrounding beauty outside my window….pastel on top of watercolor

a quick wash of watercolor

early morning sky

BROOKWOOD GARDEN, COOPERSTOWN

After a rather busy Labor Day Weekend. It's nice to be able to spend some quiet time in a lovely garden by the lake in Cooperstown. Brookwood Garden is a lovely Italianite Renaissane garden on Lake Otsego, New York.

PASTORAL LANDSCAPE

The lyric quality of my lovely hills…nothing beats direct observation of the landscape.

HAY FIELDS

Because of the draught, the hay season is off by 50%. Still plenty of hayfields in the area for me to paint. I like the graphic quality of this simple composition.

SUMMER HAZE

Taking a break from my gardening...yes, it's been this nice & glorious in the mountain for many days. One can see why there are so many June brides. Just love these long hazy days of summer.

CLOUD STUDY

Aside from a week of lovely summer days, the sky offers endless supply of lovely cloud formations this whole week.

SOLITUDE

Weekends at artist retreat are way too brief. Feels like a real luxury to have the time to look out my window. The clouds were particularly interesting today. Solitude definately  brings out my painter's eye.