Sunday, September 11, 2016

No. 11 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Upstream
This was taken from a photo I shot in the Catskill Mountains. It is a 6 by 8 inch watercolor on cold press paper.


Saturday, September 10, 2016

No. 10 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Farm House

Farm House is a 6 by 6 inch acrylic on watercolor paper.Painted from a photo I shot here in Pennsylvania.

Friday, September 9, 2016

No. 9 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Fishing Boats near Faro
From a photo I shot near Faro, Portugal. This is a 6 by 8 inch watercolor on cold press paper.


Thursday, September 8, 2016

No. 8 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Color
"Color" is a 6 by 8 inch watercolor on cold press paper. The scene was taken from a photo I shot in Massapequa Park on Long Island, New York.


Wednesday, September 7, 2016

No. 7 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Canada Goose and Family
I painted this little family from a photo I took this past Spring at Lake Marburg. It is a 6 by 6 inch watercolor on cold press.


Tuesday, September 6, 2016

No. 6 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Glass Bottles


It's always good to have a couple of old glass bottles around the house. This is a 6 by 6 inch watercolor on cold press paper.


Monday, September 5, 2016

No. 5 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Bay of Fundy
Painted from a photo I took back in the 1960s. It is an 8 x 8 inch watercolor on cold press paper.


Sunday, September 4, 2016

No. 4 in the September 2016 30 Painting in 30 Days Challenge

Three Amigos

Painted from a photo I took at the Rio Grande Preserve near Albuquerque, NM.

This is a 6 by 8 inch watercolor on cold press paper.

Saturday, September 3, 2016

No. 3 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Long Arm Reservoir
The Long Arm Reservoir is only a couple of miles from my home. This is the view looking at the north end.

This is a watercolor on 6 by 6 inch cold press paper.


Friday, September 2, 2016

No. 2 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

The Barn in Winter
This subject was from a photo I took in upstate New York somewhere along the Thruway between Albany and Utica. The building seemed to be a little worse for wear but still holding up.

The picture is a 6 by 8 inch watercolor painted on cold press paper.


No. 1 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Lake Marburg

Lake Marburg is in Codorus State Park in south-central Pennsylvania. This is watercolor on hot press paper. It's 6 by 8 inches.

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

The Second Challenge - September 2016

When I finished the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge in January, 2014, I said I'd do it again however, I didn't really think I would. So, here I am again but better prepared. Before this challenge started I picked out 40 photos I thought would make good subjects for painting. That alone got rid of most of the stress that I experienced last time.




Sunday, March 27, 2016

Enjoy the Ring-side Seat...

Took this through my kitchen window last week.


Wednesday, March 23, 2016

St. Pat's Day Dinner

We are ready to eat - corned beef and cabbage with carrots and potatoes and soda bread. This year it was my friend Doris's turn to make the meal.

The table, the food and the cook, Doris Nielson.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

More Snow Photos

Two pictures from Monday. The snow had started to melt but enough is left to give you an idea of what i looked like after the last plow went through.


The front of our place from across the street.

Looking west down our street.


Sunday, January 24, 2016

January Blizzard - 2016

Three photos taken from my windows during the storm. And no, we did not go out.


My neighbor's front door - notice the finch sheltering on top of the window shutter.

Any port in the storm....
The view of the drift outside my kitchen window.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Henry Davis Thoreau