Mountain Time

"McKenzie Range"

8x20

Oil on masonite

 

Range Finder

 A good start on this new black & white, 

depicting the McKenzie Range from Hobart Road.

Emergence

 "Hatch"

24x30 Oil on canvas

Big Water

 24 x 36 canvas on the easel and I'm just getting my feet wet.

h/t to the folks at LOOP  who let me use a still from their video "CHOMP" for reference.

Laundry Day

Up all night with a toothache...so I powered through this one.

Bones

The bones of a new one... 

Drying Out

 Off to dry for awhile...

Another One

Well underway...

Finished Commision

"A Walk with Grandpa"

16x20 

Acrylic and oil on Masonite

Hardscrabble Road

"Hardscrabble Road"

8x18

Oil on Masonite

Artists Sunday

It's Artists Sunday!

Support your local artists.

 

Back To the Net

This one has taken months to land.

I've called it 'done', varnished it, framed it, hung it, and not liking it...undid it all and went back to it.

I've been working on it off and on lately with oils.  

 This morning at 4:00 am I woke up with what it needed to, I think, finish it off. 

The ones below are in process pics, from the beginning (bottom to top) 

 

A Journey

From the black and white to color...

shelved for a couple days of drying time before heavier "fatter" paint gets laid down.

 

A commission, with a twist

The very, very beginning of a new commissioned piece. 

Although it's starting out grayscale looking, it won't end that way...

Barn 30

"Barn 30"

8x10

Acrylic on canvas

The photo:

Grounded

 The barn got grounded, windows are next...

Another New Old North Country Barn

Underway...

 

Windows to the World

The new old barn...more window work.

 

New Barn

Here's a few hours progression over the course of a couple days

More windows to come...

 

Splitting My Time

 

Double Duty

 Back and forth between these two 8x10's today

With Color!!

River Path

"River Path"

Really close, if not done.

24x32 Oil on masonite

 

Along the River

This one spawned from a quick snapshot I took along the Saranac River.

It was plain and unassuming in color,

 but turning it black & white really made it dramatic.

Much left to do,  but a good first days start.

24 x 32!!!

Sugar House

The black and white continues...

 

Bridge Work

Drying time, until I can do more...

The Fog of Reality

The beginning of another black & white 

 

Wired

 More to do, but first... a few drying days.

Barn Dance

And now for something completely different...

I've had doing a black and white in my mind for awhile, and I've had this photo

of this really great barn...and I've been studying alot of Charlie Hunters work.

So I figured it was time to throw it all together and see what transpired...

so far so good.

Signing Off

 "Cobb" in the corner.

Bass Relief

Late night brought it closer to home

Background Bass

 Mornings work, got rid of that white canvas!

Background blocked in, body work, and started to slime it up.

Late Night Bass

A little blurry...but so was I...

 

Bass Section

So far...so good 

Bass Tones

 A new one on the easel.

Barns

"Wilder Farm Barns" 

For the "Outside Art Affair" 
Downtown Artists Center, Malone NY 

Plein Aire 11 x 14 oil on panel

 

Interlude

"Interlude"

9x20

Oil on panel

A big thanks to Kathy Corey for the reference photo

Ode to Festivals

Festivals are cancelled.

It's changed all our summers.

Mare's Wares Art Fest 2019

Progress so far...

Drying Time

Still more to do on this on this one,

but because it's oil, it's off to the drying rack for a bit.

 

That Hornbeck Stripe

If you live in the North Country / Adirondacks and you're

familiar with paddling, you know the name Hornbeck.

Detail...

Painting Outside

Painting outside, but not painting what's outside,

but painting something from outside, just not my outside...

h/t to Kathy Corey for the reference photo

Love the Hornbeck.

Work In Process...

Swinging

"White Swing"

11x14 

Oil on canvas panel

Spires

"Sandstone Spires"

7.5 x 10.5

Watercolor & Ink Pen

Abutment #2

"Abutment #2"

7 1/2 x 10 1/2

Watercolor & Ink Pen