WISTERIA SKETCH

This has been a fantastic spring. Been taking tons of  lovely  pictures...would be a shame not to paint up a new design. This wisteria is going to be something, just need more time to focus on a new series. A quick sketch is so simple compare to coming up with ideas to a new series.

TREE PEONY

Started the sketch of this tree peony while I was visiting lovely Baily Arboretum on Long Island. It was a good week for being indoor, which gives me the whole weekend to create  a finish painting.

SPRING PALETTE

brighter palettes + vibrating lights = many lovely sketches!

SPRING INSPIRATIONS

With so many many flowers everywhere, it's easy to fill a sketchbook. Just need more hours to these fine days.

MAGIC HOUR

As Ralph W Emerson noted, nature leaves us "perpetual observation, perpetual acquiescence & perpetual thankfulness.'

PAINTING CLOUDS

Painting believable clouds is a challenge. I'm balancing the translucency & opacity of pigment to get the sculptural form.

WINTER LIGHT

Been playing with my palette to show the transient effects of changing light upon a particular motif. The winter pines really stand out in the fresh snow.