2023 Plein Air Paintings

unframed approx 6x8 unless otherwise marked
Acrylic on Cartón Board
Price as marked + shipping

Bass Rocks_2023_1 $275
Bass Rocks_2023_3 $375
SOLD The American Heritage
The Angela Rose 
$375
View of Cranes Beach to Halibut Point $375
Little Fellow 1 $450 5x7
Little Fellow (Framed) $650

More paintings coming soon

Plein Air Studies
Cape Ann
Cape Cod

 

Summer / Fall 2022

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2022 Plein Air Paintings

unframed approx 6x8 unless otherwise marked
Acrylic on Cartón Board
Price as marked + shipping

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SOLD Hesperus Rocks 1
Fort Hill Eastham_3 $250
Fort Hill Eastham_1 $250
Fort Hill Eastham MA 2 $275
Bell's Neck Harwich_1 $275
SOLD Bass Rocks 1

About Plein Air

The practice of painting "en plein air", or "in the open air" goes back for centuries but was truly made into an art form by the French Impressionists. Their desire to paint light and its changing, ephemeral qualities, coupled with the invention of transportable paint tubes and the box easel, allowed artists the freedom to leave the four walls of the studio. 

The next logical step from sketching on site, plein air presents different challenges, including sun, rain, and slippery rocks. This summer was one of discovery, capturing the changing light and colors while trying to maintain my balance. I was unsuccessful in the latter, which led my companions to name my new travel easel "The Hesperus" after Longfellow's poem.

The "Wreck of the Hesperus"
The "Wreck of the Hesperus"