Discover how paintings with oils or pastel are created outdoors-both landscapes and botanical observations. These Plein Air paintings are completed in one setting in the tradition of 19th C Impressionists.
What's the big deal? After two months of recuperation from a knee replacement I'm finally driving myself to a painting event and seeing friends I've missed this Spring.
This is tiny Youngstown and the famous Jug, home of great music for decades.
Brown Jug or Ontario House? 9x12oil
The end of September serves as the end of sailing season, taking the boats in and readying them for winter takes up a lot of fall days at the Youngstown Yacht Club. The biggest sailboats are brought in last and by then, the dock is covered with propped boats on blocks and trailers, all with masts in the sky, creating an aluminum forest.
I had admired this unusual sailboat and was determined to find time to paint it. Turns out, "Blue Moon" is a work boat for the yacht club, ferrying in the race markers from the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. I learned that the following week when it went to work before I could paint it larger.
It's just 7" tall by 5" and this painting is a new favorite.
Blue Moon, oil on canvas panel 7x5"
