These two paintings are from my time painting in Little Compton and Tiverton, RI. I was supposed to give a workshop, but cancelled it due to my mother’s condition. However, a friend came from Maryland and I got to paint with other friends in Mass. and was very happy for their company. With so much beautiful weather, not painting would have been a sin!  In the first painting, I used my light Blue Earth pastels in the sky and I find it to be a little too light and washed out. Both were done over hard pastel underpaintings. The white roses were amazing and the air was filled with their fragrance.  I particularly liked the fence in this painting as it added form and structure to the mass of plants.  The second painting was done in Little Compton on a private farm, where we painted with a local plein air group for two days. (Will share another painting from that area).  I got to work with a weather-beaten house and was in my element!  Made some serious changes, however. The window at right was not like this at all. The gas tank was around the corner. And there was no yarrow in the yard–just an old wire fence!  I also added a hint of water to the right. I was really using my artistic license in this one!

June Roses, Sepowet Marsh
12 x 16, UART

Summer Cottage, 11 x 14, UART