" Linens" from The Coudersport Series

 This was a painting I just finished and one which I had my students try their hand at  last semester. I often give my students images to work on that I myself am painting or contemplating painting in the studio.

Laundry hanging on the line in the fresh air seems like a  magical ritual for me a throw back to when I was

" Linens" , Oil on Panel , 28 inches x 40 inches

young . It is something I see at the shore all the time in the summer but I had not seen it used on a daily basis for many years. It was for me the perfect subject and represented the slower, quiet way of life in this area.

" Coudersport Condos"

" Coudersport Condos " is certainly a chuckle for me when I look at this painting  as I am always asked why would I want to paint a bird house? I say :"Why Not!" , Society has always constructed bird houses which can be  in the form of a simple box or a sophisticated architectural achievement.What ever the reason this

 "Coudersport Condos", Oil on Panel 12 inches x 24 inches

 condo for birds spoke to me as a modern dwelling that was rather out of place in its surroundings.  A sculpture carefully crafted and thoughtfully designed which represented a very clear mind set of the quite community I was visiting.

  

" Morning Mist" Coudersport Adventures

    Painting new works takes time as you sift through your sketches, images and the contemplate the various decisions one must make to complete a work. So even though I am writing  new blogs and working on videos about the process that leads one to a finished painting or work of art I am not always as  prolific as I would like to be . So I thought I would begin to post new images as they enter the world and blog at a later time in more depth as I finish the ones as yet unpublished.

 " Morning Mist" Oil On Panel, 18 inches x 24 inches

   So here is one from my Coudersport series  titled: " Morning Mist", where I vacationed last summer with my wife Jackie. Coudersport is a quite place at this time of year and we hiked this path  for 5 days every morning around 6 am.  I found I was never disappointed in the  abundant display of changing light and color that mother nature can bestow upon us. I am  humbled at the palette she has at her disposal  that seems to flow from her lips effortlessly all for us to merely enjoy.