Luscher Hills in Springtime

 

Luscher Hills 16x20

It has taken me years to realize that I can sometimes create the effect of what is real by using rough and careless brushwork instead of careful and tedious application of paint.  Some effects require specific techniques, like using glazes to achieve the look of stream beds, but sometimes just a crazy scrubbing with the paintbrush can do what deliberate effort cannot.  

Spring Brings New Light

 

Cloudbreak on the Willamette, 12x16

It's time to get outdoors to paint, and I hope to be more consistent this year in forming a weekly practice. Even better would be able to paint while traveling, but that has always seemed nearly impossible to fit in. 

Birkett Mills - Penn Yan, New York 16x20

While back in the Finger Lakes Region doing a property investigation, I became enamored of this group of old buildings, Birkett Mills, the oldest continually operating buckwheat mill in the United States.  We only had one day there, but the countryside was beautiful, with rolling hills and old established farms, clean and orderly.  There were vineyards and lakeside homes and so much to explore that we will be going back again this summer to spend a week there.

Sunrise on the Willamette, study