Oil Painting of Fall Trees at Belleville Pond, North Kingstown
Ryan Park Landscape Painting The start of fall in New England. Not sure if it is the drought or cool evenings, but the leaves have started to turn. Saturday we hiked with our pups at the Grill Preserve in Bradford, RI. Gorgeous but the dogs were not in a pause to let mom paint kind […]
Rome Point, North Kingstown, R.I.
Rome Point landscape oil painting Today was my day of indecisiveness… My husband and I took our dogs to Rome Point for a walk and I brought my painting backpack. When we got there, I wandered around for TWO HOURS trying to decide what to paint!!! I did a little value sketch of the marshes […]
Landscape Painting Beavertail State Park, Jamestown, RI
Plein air oil painting Beavertail State Park Beavertail State Park is just beautiful. My hardest decision once I get there is what I want to paint… because I want to paint it all. I painted this view over two Saturdays two weeks apart. The skies on the first Saturday had these beautiful clouds floating over […]
Landscape painting at Fort Wetherill, Jamestown, RI
Plein air oil painting the rocky coast I painted this on a beautiful Spring day at Fort Wetherhill in Jamestown, Rhode Island. Fort Wetherhill was one of the few state parks open this spring with limited parking. Fort Wetherhill is an absolutely beautiful spot to park a chair on the cliff and read a book, […]
Studio Time: Tulips in a Teal Vase
Still Life Painting of Tulips Gray, windy, overcast weather curtailed my plein air adventures this weekend. I had hoped to take our little boat out on the bay for some snorkeling, a picnic and painting with my family. However the rain today inspired me to finally finish a tulip painting that has been sitting in […]
Plein Air Painting at Hazard Rock, Narragansett, RI
Sunlit rocks and sea spray at Hazard Rock I really wanted to continue practicing painting waves this weekend. My daughter suggested Bass Rock but the parking was full. So I went to Hazard Rock just a block north up the road. Hazard Rock was a favorite spot of mine in my twenties for snorkeling […]
Painting Waves at Whale Rock Preserve
Plein air oil painting waves Another hot and sunny South County day. Perfect day for a dog walk to Narragansett Bay so our dogs can enjoy a little swimming. I was super excited to bring my oils and practice some of my recently learned on You-Tube skills painting waves. While the videos were super helpful […]
Zeek’s Creek, Jamestown, RI
I was driving to Beavertail Lighthouse and passed by these beautiful storm clouds over the marsh leading into Narragansett Bay. I couldn’t resist trying to capture the dramatic light of the fleeting clouds. So I parked on the side of the road and found a little strip of non-squishy mud to set up my easel. […]