PHILADELPHIA,PA

as much as I like to paint sunrise/sunset over the hilltop, from my window...a change of scenery is always good for a painter's eye...

SOLITARY CONTEMPLATION

after numerous bleak snowy days...beautiful muted colorings this morning

FIRST SNOW

winter comes early to the mountain, the only good thing about being snow in....I actually get to focus on finishing a painting..

KATTERSKILL FALLS

another foliage season has come and gone... even without the gorgeous fall foliage, one can easily see why the Catskill Mountain inspire the first American School of Painting..since the beginning of the Hudson River School in the 1800's, the scenery remains unspoil, beautiful, sublime & very paintable...

TEDDY BEAR ROCKING HORSE CARDINAL MAGNET from Zazzle.com

since october, I've been creating and uploading xmas designs to my various stores...which does not leave me much time for my sketchbook, I really miss the act of SKETCHING....TEDDY BEAR ROCKING HORSE CARDINAL MAGNET from Zazzle.com

EVENING COLORINGS

this is from memory....home ward bound yesterday evening...

FALL COLORINGS

after the storm clouds, it turned into a brilliant fall day...the sun behind the heavy clouds is blinding...mother nature is forever giving us new color combination to explore

WATERSCAPE

my emotional response to the mellow sky & water..as I was sketching by the water, a sailboat came into view, which completes my composition...vertical contrasting with the horizontal makes the sketch more dynamic...