Vermont Apples

Is it my imagination, or do these apples handpicked from a local orchard have more personality (rosier red, more velvety yellows, interesting dimples and curves) than the perfectly generic Pink Lady I could have picked out of a pile at Safeway?

Route 7, Ferrisburg, Vermont

Check out my latest post on Let Me Show You Vermont to find out what the white building on the left side of Route 7 in Ferrisburgh has in common with the Pantheon in Paris.

Amaryllis and Orange

There's frost on the stubble of last summer's annual garden this morning. I need to think ahead and order amaryllis bulbs to force these last weeks of autumn, so that in a few months I can look past that flash of bright red on my studio windowsill toward the unending white of deep winter.

White Pitcher, Morning Light

I painted this Bonnard-inspired still life during a color workshop in my studio this weekend, and was impressed as I always am by the adventurous spirit and hard work of my students--and how much I learn by teaching.

Sunday Sketchbook: Vermont

I pulled over on Route 7 near Ferrisburg to take a closer look at the tracks disappearing south into the distance.