This is a 16″ x 20″ version of the same Swamp River scene (see below), with just the acrylic underwash done. I really pushed the bright colors in this one, but will tone it all down with the pastel layers once I resurface the board. Since getting laid off from my day job in February (!!!!) I’ve been able to throw myself into working on my painting skills – including speed, which I need to do in order to improve my plein air work – and have also experimented more with surfaces, underpainting techniques, etc. So there’s the silver lining to being unemployed!
Current Shows and Exhibitions
- “For Pastels Only on Cape Cod 2010,” Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA June 12 – 27, 2010
- Pastel Painters of Maine 11th International Juried Exhibition, Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME May 22 – June 12, 2010
- Children’s Cancer Fund Benefit Juried Art Auction, Lounsbury House, 316 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT Sunday, May 16, 2010. Preview at 1:30p; auction begins at 2:30p.
- “WATER WORKS,” Gregory James Gallery, 13 Main Street, New Milford, CT. Opens May 15, 2010
- SCAN 40th Annual Spring Juried Art Show, Cyrenius H. Booth Library, Newtown, CT May 1 – 9, 2010
- Artist’s Solo Exhibition, Mill Street Home, 227 Mill Street, Greenwich, CT. Opens April 29, 2010
- Kent Art Association 2010 Juried Spring Show, The Gallery at Kent, Kent, CT April 18 – June 6, 2010
- Rowayton Arts Center All-Media Awards Show, 145 Rowayton Avenue, Rowayton, CT 06853 April 25 – May 16, 2010
- Pastel National 2010, Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E. Central, Wichita, KS March 19 – May 16, 2010
- High Street Painters Invitational Show, Vermont Artisan Designs/Gallery 2, 106 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT March 5 – May 7, 2010

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