Plein Air at Lake Champlain

We visited Maggie Sherman on Lake View Terrace in Burlington this past weekend and had a fabulous day painting despite the threatening rain. Look for another stop at this great site. Marcie focused on the lake, while I on the guest cottage .Here are our efforts.

Reflections

By Marcie Vallette, oil on cb, 11x14

Thank you to our friends who let us paint on their property! This was done June 7.

Some Trees in Johnson

By Marcie Vallette, 8x10, oil on cb.

Painted weekend of June 7. Along with the blackflies, a big challenge for me is the color green.

The second one from Lydia Mountain

Bradley in Virginia

These two postings are from Lydia Mountain in the Blue Ridge range near Charlottesville. I was attending a wedding there and brought my paint box along. The landscape was very different from Vermont, with a blue in the mountains I found very challenging. Never travel without Your paintbox!!

Dog's Head Pool

Dog's head pool       oil on panel   12x16   $250  bradley fox

Between all the rain this summer, I have managed to get outside to paint some. I have also been rained on more times than I care to admit. Dog's Head is an easy place to get to from where I live, so with the threatening rain it makes a good place to paint. One can easily run for cover from here. This painting reflects the dripping humidity and heat of the day as I saw and felt it.

Small Study, Dog's Head

Small Study; Dog's Head      oil on panel  3.5x7   2008   $125   Bradley Fox

Small Study to try to capture the sense of space. The calm space the water exists in,versus the structure of the banks.

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Along the Lamoille

                                                                                           The Sandbar       oil on panel  4x7    2008       bradley fox     $125

Above the falls at Dog's Head the water of the river swirls around  and created this sandbar with very calm water on the down-river side. It makes an almost tropical feel to the vegetation there.  Yet  another challenge and unique scenery for VT.

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Dog's Head II

                                                    Dog's Head II     oil on panel 11.5 x 16   2008 bradley fox  $325

Another view from this fascinating place.  I am still going bigger with the panel size, and I think it is allowing my painting to be more expressive in terms of the brush strokes.

Dog's Head on the Lamoille

                                                                      Dog's Head on the Lamoille                                          bradley fox 2008   oil on panel  20x20    $375 

There is a rock formation on the Lamoille River that looks like a big St. Bernard looking out over the falls. It isn't a big falls but it opens up to the flat tidal pool you see here. I am currently standing on the Dog's head rock formation looking downriver. I have also increased the size of my panel to paint on. Either I am getting gutsy or foolish!  At least the frogs enjoyed watching me from the pools all around.