Change of Weather

Change of Weather  -  5 x 7"  pastel SOLD

I was out painting this morning on a beautiful day with bright blue skies. This is the second of two paintings. Gradually, the clouds came in, the temperature began to drop and the wind really picked up.  Wasn't sure if I was going to get this done before I got really chilled.


I usually scan my smaller pastels for my own records.  I have noticed the scanned images don't look as nice as the real painting or the photographed image.  Not sure why.  The scan seems to catch every weird thing on the page and make it look even weirder.

So I put up a photo of the same painting as it appears under glass and framed.  Looks much better in the photo!

Karen's Koi Pond

This pastel was done last fall at the home of my friend and fellow artist, Karen Arieno.  She and her husband have this picturesque pond behind their house which is now the home of several koi fish.  Karen pointed them out to me swimming past as I was finishing up.  

The painting itself took longer than I expected that day and I wasn't really satisfied with it when I got home.  It sat untouched for several months until I felt ready to tackle it.  All of those reflections were very intimidating and some corrections had to be make.  It was definitely one of the more challenging paintings I have done. 

Completed size is 12"x18"

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Technicolored Hedgerow

This was done in October 2008 at Brad- docks Bay. Beautiful clear day and the leaf colors were spectacular. This was actually a clump of trees surrounded by bushes and covered with grapevines. I think every color in the rainbow was represented in that grouping and the clarity of the day intensified everything. Great fun to paint.

Indian Summer on the Erie Canal

I'd visited Perinton Park awhile ago, with the intentions of coming back to paint there sometime down the road. A particularly warm day last week proved to be the perfect day to paint there, as the warmth of the late morning created beautiful blue haze which was especially noticeable as I looked toward the south. SOLD

Halloween

Painted along one of the lakes in Durand Eastman Park on Halloween 2005. It was overcast, but warm for late October and the colors in the trees were spectacular. .

size 9" x 12"
This painting is framed and matted, overall size 15" x 18"

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