Field, Autumn (first stage)

I'm beginning the Element paintings with a drawing on a toned panel--having to manage shapes, values and color at the same time would be too far a jump without a parachute.

Study: Farm Element

Here's how the four season "Farm" watercolor studies look as one composition. I've started the oil panels, and will post them as I finish each one (and I'm not sure myself, starting over with these images in a new medium, where exactly we're heading).

Sunday Sketchbook: Vermont

I'm settled into my studio at the residency in Johnson, and even with rows of blank and half-finished canvases staring at me, it's my idea of fun to be working in an unfamiliar place with different light and space than home.