Low Tide

5x7 Oil on Board

A rainy Sunday here- great day to clean out the studio and paint.  This is a scene off Barnstable harbor at low tide with spring still on the way.

Beach Days

5x7 Oil on Masonite

 I played a bit with palette knife painting this weekend.  It is a different skill set, but great fun.  I am stretching a bit now, with larger pieces in the mix on my easel, new brands and types of paint, pre-mixing, limited palette.  It is easier to stay with what I know for results, but I want to move ahead.  In this little offering to the coming summer, I am eager to get outside and paint.  Hopefully many beach and seascapes ahead!

Seabirds 7

5x7 Oil on Museum Quality Panel

SOLD

And yet one more.  Once I got going, I hated to lose the color pallette.  I played a bit thicker with this one, using a pallette knife at times, working on the water patterns.  I like his viewpoint- out to sea and over the horizon.  

Seabirds 6

5x7 Oil on Museum Quality Panel

I wanted to play with composition a bit with this one and capture the close-up characteristics of this bird.  he had a bit more color than some others on the beach and was very bold and fearless.  These birds also force a very limited pallette and focus on values that is a great exercise in seeing. I may want to paint this one in a large format soon.

Seabirds 5

5x7 Oil on ampersand board

Three in a row.  The birds in a collection with the long shadows of very early morning post sunrise caught my eye.  This 30 Day challenge has become a personal discipline for me in January- a gret way to beat the winter blues and spend time in a meaningful and measurable way.