Archive for October, 2008

Fall Landscapes

Recently I have been working on a large cityscape that I based on a photo. After adding layer after layer of paint and making change after change to the color scheme and composition I have to admit defeat. You won’t see that painting here, at least for a while. Almost as a break I painted a few smallish landscapes. Something about finishing each picture in one two-hour period and not going back to rethink it kept the paintings pretty successful, I think. Seems like the old adage of KISS (Keep It Simple Sweetheart) has some merit. Both were painted on canvas board; something about the hard surface encourages me to paint in more or less flat blocks of color.

The first painting was done at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood, MD; the second at the entrance to the Washington Cathedral.