LAST LIGHT IN THE COVE, 12x16, oil

The soft, lovely Fall colors were just showing up in the trees.  Lake Marburg is very low this time of the year and bright green grass is growing where water used to be.  The bottom mud was a rich rust color and the late day light was low and cut through the trees.

Pa. LANDSCAPE, 16x12, oil

The Pennsylvania landscape is very green this time of year.  It is hard to separate the various greens, so I try to keep in mind which areas are shady and cool and which are sunny and warm.  The atmosphere makes the distant trees hazy and blue and I try to make the foreground shadows rich. 

HONEYSUCKLE BY THE LAKE, 11x14 oil

Painted en plein air in Codorus State Park.  A hot day with a pink morning sky.

CUCUMBER HARVEST, 16x12, oil

A Summer ritual.

STONE BRIDGE, 9x12, oil

A plein air painting of a small stone bridge that connected two pastures.  The farm was in Fairfield, Pa. 

RESTING SADDLE, 16x20, pastel

I recently painted at a farm in Gettysburg and after painting the barn and some gas tanks I spied this saddle sitting on a fence.  I initially did a quick 9x6 oil painting and from that painting I created this pastel painting in the studio. 

LAVENDER FIELDS AGLOW, 18x24, oil

Lavender fields in Fairfield, Pa.  This was painted from reference paintings and photos.