Flailing around
“Spring fever”(figure sketch, oil on canvas, 24X30) Inevitably, someone will ask me, “How long did that painting take you?” This is a question I dread, as it is unanswerable. This figure sketch was done last Saturday and took me about four hours of actual painting time—three hours with the model, and one hour to rough …
A Child Walks With Jesus
This morning, I was in the sanctuary at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church when I realized with surprise that the Stations of the Cross are on display—well, they would be, since they were made for Lent. (I don’t attend a Lenten-observing church anymore, and the calendar gets away from me.)(If you would like to walk the …
Adirondack Wild, a plein air painting workshop
The porch at the Irondequoit Inn at dusk… a beautiful, relaxing place to listen to the loons on Piseco Lake. A few years ago, my husband and son signed up for a father-son canoe trip in Speculator, NY. Because I’m always restless to paint, I rode up with them. And because I live near IrondequoitBay …
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More on extreme painting
Tom Thomson in his grey canoe I spent a few extra days in Piseco last week. It was beautiful and austere in the silent falling snow. Shivering outside while painting in my nylon waterproof jacket and latex gloves, I spent more than a little bit of time considering the rigors experienced by Tom Thomson in …
Painting in the Adirondack Wilderness
“Oxbow Lake Outlet in February melt,” oil on board, 12X16, Carol L. Douglas. It was 10º F when we left the Irondequoit Inn to prospect for sites. That gives you a real appreciation for Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. To landscape painters, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven are tied to Canada’s …